I think not knowing what to think of your paintings is a good place to be. Julian Schnabel More Quotes by Julian Schnabel More Quotes From Julian Schnabel I think it was so unfair that people attacked Freida Pinto for being an Indian, playing a Palestinian. Julian Schnabel unfairpeoplethinking When I made my first film, Basquiat, I think one of the criticisms was that the way I work is episodic. Later, as people started to look at the movies, they started to realize that maybe that's my style. If I could do it better or another way, I guess I would. Julian Schnabel stylepeoplethinking You seem to make different concessions with yourself about what you want to focus on or not, and what you want to pay attention to. Julian Schnabel focusdifferentattention Can I find a poetic that can be subversive enough to grab people in some subliminal way, to where they feel that they are altered and have had an experience that belonged to them? Julian Schnabel poeticpeopleway Many people say to me, "I saw [Miral] and it really stayed with me. I woke up the next day and really thought about it, and have been thinking about it for awhile." That was my goal. Julian Schnabel next-daypeoplethinking Nobody is perfect. I don't think it's the most scathing indictment of anybody. It's pretty innocuous. [Miral] is just the story of one family and one girl, living in that part of the world, and that's what goes on over there. I thought that maybe it would be informative and useful for people to know more about it. Julian Schnabel girlpeoplethinking The movie [Miral] is not pro-Palestinian. It's about Palestinians. It's a Palestinian story, written by a Palestinian person. I don't know anybody else that could have done that Julian Schnabel palestiniandonestories I wanted to show painting paintings first, then the plate paintings; now I can show that I've sort of freed myself from stylistic inhibitions. Julian Schnabel platespaintingfirsts I don't think people are terribly interested in young artists who were doing interesting thing, but I don't think people are terribly interested in young artists. Julian Schnabel artistpeoplethinking There are generations of people who have never seen a big plate painting in person. And they don't know what the hell they look like, they don't know what it feels like to stand in a room with them. Julian Schnabel generationspeoplelooks Sometimes I'll dream that I saw a show and then I'll wake up in the morning and realize that I didn't see the show, that it was my dream. And I just remember what the paintings look like in the dream and I think, "Oh, nobody painted those. I can do that." Julian Schnabel dreammorningthinking I see paintings everywhere. I look at stuff and it looks like painting to me. Julian Schnabel paintingstufflooks I was always very... impatient about showing my paintings to people. Julian Schnabel impatientpaintingpeople There are certain times you want to be here and there are certain times you want to just go. And when you go, it's usually so exhausting you have to check into a hospital when you come home! Julian Schnabel here-and-therewanthome I think the nice thing about showing work in New York is that other artists come to see it. When you show work in Switzerland or somewhere else, everywhere else seems to be the provinces in a certain way. You wonder what your paintings are doing on the walls and you wonder who's looking at them. Julian Schnabel wallnicenew-york In a certain way, my work had set me up to be against lots of things. If there wasn't some sort of sanction for it in the public world, it might have been...it wouldn't have been tolerated, because people don't want things to get shaken up. Julian Schnabel wantpeopleworld The thing about living in New York is that there are other artists; that is the most difficult, I think they are the hardest critics. Julian Schnabel artistnew-yorkthinking I never paid much attention to being Jewish when I was a kid. In fact, I'd say my religion was more surfing than Judaism - that's what I spent most of my time doing. Julian Schnabel surfingattentionkids I guess I am ruthless too because that's what makes a great artist. But I also respect people, I don't go around stepping on their heads. Julian Schnabel ruthlessartistpeople It's a great excuse and luxury, having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you don't have to work, you are left with the horror of facing your own lack of imagination and your own emptiness. A devastating possibility when finally time is your own. Julian Schnabel luxuryjobsart
