That's the job of art: to undo the logic of the world. Sean Scully More Quotes by Sean Scully More Quotes From Sean Scully My work is very serious, and I use a lot of black, too. Sean Scully black serious use work I was doing an interview with a curator, and he asked me to sum up art in one word. Before he even finished asking the question, I said, 'Impurity.' Because that's it. Sean Scully doing me said art If you stand over on the edge of the west coast of Ireland and look west, you are looking at something you can't see, only imagine. You know America is there, and you can imagine it being there. But you're also looking into infinity, because you can see nothing. Sean Scully looking nothing look you Imagine a world without art: it's George Orwell's nightmare! Sean Scully without imagine world art I'm really in the business of unifying these two tendencies that have been at odds in our human history for a very long time: the logical and the romantic. Sean Scully business time romantic history My job is to return abstraction to the people: in a sense, to popularize it without lowering the bar, which is a lot easier said than done. Sean Scully job done said people Painting is profoundly emotional. When I finish a painting, I'm usually extremely sad. Sean Scully finish painting sad emotional
