Ed Askew quotes
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“My work as a painter has always been tied to Modernism. I read everything I could find related to art, from Cézanne through the 1950s.”
-- Ed AskewSource : Interview with Christian Filardo, logger.believermag.com. November 27, 2013.
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“My favorite time is late at night. I seem to wake up and want to work after 10pm, in my bubble of night.”
-- Ed AskewSource : Interview with Christian Filardo, logger.believermag.com. November 27, 2013.
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“Most days I only go out to the post office or to get some food. Otherwise I work on my art or music. I check out the news, and generally spend a lot of time on Tumblr or Facebook or whatever.”
-- Ed AskewSource : Interview with Christian Filardo, logger.believermag.com. November 27, 2013.
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“I'm a New Yorker. I like the big streets and the big buildings. It's a great place to walk.”
-- Ed AskewSource : Interview with Christian Filardo, logger.believermag.com. November 27, 2013.
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“I don't like sleeping in a different place every night, but I do like meeting new people.”
-- Ed AskewSource : Interview with Christian Filardo, logger.believermag.com. November 27, 2013.
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“I have enjoyed teaching most of the times that I have done it. I also like being by myself and making things and performing, so much that if I hadn't needed an income I probably wouldn't have done much teaching. Having said that, I think working with others, having to come up with art projects, and learning how to present your ideas in a clear way, to adults and/or kids is always interesting and rewarding.”
-- Ed AskewSource : Interview with Christian Filardo, logger.believermag.com. November 27, 2013.
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“Music and art are two very different activities for me. However, the use of imagery links them, and invention is important for both.”
-- Ed AskewSource : Interview with Christian Filardo, logger.believermag.com. November 27, 2013.
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“What interests me is all the stuff that goes into abstract and abstract-figurative art. Not the styles, but the stuff that, in various combinations, make the styles: mixing and matching painting methods and ideas.”
-- Ed AskewSource : Interview with Christian Filardo, logger.believermag.com. November 27, 2013.
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“The issue of innovation never interested me personally, since I believe it may lead to a place where people don't paint anymore.”
-- Ed AskewSource : Interview with Christian Filardo, logger.believermag.com. November 27, 2013.
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“It's hard to say what exactly I like about New York. It's so vast. It seems to go on and on, but that's an illusion. Still, it's fun to be here, especially since I don't drive.”
-- Ed AskewSource : Interview with Christian Filardo, logger.believermag.com. November 27, 2013.
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