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Quotes by Stuart Davis - (7 quotes)

Stuart Davis - From the Copying category:

I don't want people to copy Matisse or Picasso, although it is entirely proper to admit their influence. I don't make paintings like theirs. I make paintings like mine. (Stuart Davis)

Stuart Davis - From the Influence category:

For a number of years Jazz had a tremendous influence on my thoughts about art and life. (Stuart Davis)

Stuart Davis - From the Perseverance category:

For any artist to persevere, they must have an enthusiastic audience of at least one. (Stuart Davis)

Stuart Davis - From the Reality category:

Reality in art is composed of shapes and colors. (Stuart Davis)

Stuart Davis - From the Space category:

An artist who has traveled on a steam train, driven an automobile, or flown in an airplane doesn't feel the same way about form and space as one who has not. (Stuart Davis)

Stuart Davis - From the Space category:

Always remember that in a painting color has a position, and a place, and it makes space. (Stuart Davis)

Stuart Davis - From the Space category:

In a painting, space doesn't involve practical hazards. You can't break your neck in a painting. (Stuart Davis)