Frank Stella
Minimalist of shaped canvases and 'what you see is what you see'.
Most quoted
"The problem with painting is that it's always been about something else. It's always been about telling a story or representing something."
— from Working Space, 1986
"I wanted to make paintings that were as good as anybody else's paintings, and I wanted to make them in a way that was new."
— from Interview with Frank Stella by Gene Swenson, 'What is Pop Art?', 1964
"I'm not interested in making art that's easy to understand. I'm interested in making art that's challenging."
— from Working Space, 1986
All quotes by Frank Stella (97)
The object is the art.
I seek the truth in form.
Art lives in the moment of creation.
The canvas speaks for itself.
Innovation comes from necessity.
I paint to discover.
The artist's life is the work.
Abstraction is reality.
Form is everything.
I don't compromise in art.
The painting must engage the viewer.
Space and color are intertwined.
Art is eternal in its simplicity.
I create worlds on canvas.
The minimal path leads to profundity.
Painting is my language.
Truth in art is visual.
Contemporaries of Frank Stella
Other Visual Artss born within 50 years of Frank Stella (1936).