Wade Guyton Professions : ArtistBorn : 1972 Browse All Authors Top 22 quotes by Wade Guyton As I was walking down the stairs, I kept thinking that the room felt like a movie theater with all your attention on this wall, so it seemed like a big challenge. Wade Guyton wallchallengesthinking Being an artist is supposed to be a scam, not a career. Wade Guyton scamscareersartist Well, art has to be sexy. Wade Guyton wellssexyart I had no idea what to expect moving to New York. It's embarrassing to say, but I didn't even realize that people bought contemporary art... that people actually paid for it... I know that's really dumb. I was really naive. I had no idea artists made money. Wade Guyton moneynew-yorkart I think as a student I ended up liking so many different and conflicting things. Wade Guyton differentstudentsthinking I'm always looking at the computer. I make all of my work on the computer at some point or another. Almost all of the paintings come from a file. Wade Guyton filespaintingcomputer When I was younger and was working as a Dia guard I would go to see everything. I went to every opening. I was really interested in seeing and learning as much as I could. Wade Guyton openingseeing The Internet has a lot of solutions. I found an insane way to trap chipmunks - it was too crazy not to try. Wade Guyton insanecrazytrying People will still make great art, but I think it's good to assume you will always be a failure. People were believing the opposite. Wade Guyton believeartthinking I was really naïve. I had no idea artists made money. Wade Guyton artistmadeideas I've never seen a postcard of my work in a museum. Wade Guyton postcardsmuseums To some extent I've always taken the architecture of the space into account. Wade Guyton architecturespacetaken I came late to galleries. A lot of people my age started their careers younger, so I was spared seeing that side for a long time. Wade Guyton careerslongpeople It seemed to me that a lot of people started going to art school recently because they thought they could be famous and make a lot of money. They might be in for a bad turn. Wade Guyton peopleartschool I hated art as a kid. I didn't even like art class. I didn't like to draw. I would make my dad do all the drawings because I hated it so much. Wade Guyton dadkidsart I don't really live the bohemian life. I come to work in Midtown everyday, along with all the work-a-day folk. Wade Guyton bohemianfolkseveryday I don't know what it was like in the '80s. I don't really even know what it was like in the '90s, because I was broke and wasn't selling any art. I was in a few group shows, but I didn't have a gallery until 2006. Wade Guyton sellinggroupsart I didn't even realize that people bought contemporary art . . . that people actually paid for it. Wade Guyton realizingpeopleart My father is not around any more, so I cannot ask him to do my drawings for me. So, I had to find a different way. And I came up with the solution to use the printers then; I wasn't doing anything complicated. The nature of the printer is efficiency in itself and about working, being productive. Wade Guyton drawingdifferentfather The way I make drawings is just with a desktop Epson C88 printer and they are designed to break, they are really cheap. So I bought a lot of them before it became impossible to find them. Wade Guyton drawingtechnologyway Similar Authors Burton Silverman artist Bruce Nauman artist Bruce Conner artist Brom artist Britney Spears artist Brigid Berlin artistAll Authors
