Vija Celmins Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“Somehow the image begins to have a sort of memory in it, even if you can't see it. It can build up a dense feeling toward the end, and then it makes me happier.”
-- Vija Celmins

#Memories #Feelings #Dense
“There aren't really rules for painting, but thereâ€™s certain facts and fictions about painting. Part of what I do is document another surface and sort of translate it. Theyâ€™re like translations, and then part of it is fiction, which is invention.”
-- Vija Celmins

#Fiction #Facts #Painting
“I'm not a very confessional artist, you know. I don't ever reveal what I'm feeling in my work, or what I think about the President. I use nature. I use found images.”
-- Vija Celmins

#Artist #Thinking #Feelings

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