It should be not only a synergy, but a complicity between the viewer and the artist, and so I'm wide open to that. Leonardo Drew More Quotes by Leonardo Drew More Quotes From Leonardo Drew There is the artwork that you physically make but there's also the journey that happens on the inside. Leonardo Drew artwork journey happens I started making work, and it's like, yes you are calling out all of these things that are part of your memory, your body's memory, things that have gone through your pores, what you've seen, what you've experienced, and you spill them out without thinking. I don't think so much about, "Okay, I'm going to make work, and it's going to be about this." It's just going to come out. Leonardo Drew gone memories thinking The more you touch something, the stronger it becomes. Leonardo Drew stronger You know that you don't have all the answers, and the unknown is the best place where you would want to be as an artist, not knowing. That actually leads you to ask questions, and it continuously feeds itself. Leonardo Drew knowing artist answers Soap, a cleaning product, can be made from decay. Leonardo Drew cleaning soap decay If you are working, almost like with layers of the Grand Canyon, there's history within those layers. Leonardo Drew grand-canyon canyons layers Why should you be bogged down with my titles and how I thought about it and my poetic reasoning? No, that's not necessary. Either you're going to be drawn into it [or not]. It's a black hole; gravity should pull you in and you should have that experience. Leonardo Drew titles black should-have The fact is, art is alive. It's moving around. It's alive. Leonardo Drew alive art moving If you imagine my studio floor, you can just keep picking it up and getting masterpieces. Leonardo Drew masterpiece studios imagine The longer they hang out, the deeper the history, the richer the life. If you use that as a template or as a way of realizing things, then I don't think you can go wrong. Leonardo Drew use way thinking That's the position I place myself in always. I don't know. It says follow me. It pulls you right through, just by the nose. Leonardo Drew follow-me position noses