Julian Schnabel
Julian Schnabel
Julian Schnabelis an American painter and filmmaker. In the 1980s, Schnabel received international media attention for his "plate paintings"—large-scale paintings set on broken ceramic plates...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth26 October 1951
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
people way painting
I like when people get really close to the paintings, when they can't really get away from them, I like them to operate in that way on the viewer.
thinking matter
It doesn't matter what I think I am, it matters what I do.
differences people needs
We need to not be scared [of muslim], but understand each other. When you're around these people, you see they have much more in common than their differences.
materials left
I work with things left over from other things.
thinking broken painting
I don't think the meaning in my paintings comes from just using broken dishes.
fall thinking white
A lot of what I do is about being in the moment and I think that's hard for people to get. I like it when things suddenly affect the painting. I mix up this red and it affects the whole painting or this little bit of white falls down there, and something changes the whole nature of the thing. The residue on what happens, that's what's in the paintings.
wall next painting
If I hung one of my paintings next to someone else's, I knew mine would kind of pop off the wall.
dream art minutes
I do dream about art, and images come to me in dreams. I am definitely hoping to be in touch with my subconscious. I expect a call any minute.
beautiful thinking feelings
I think beauty is a feeling that you get after you've had an experience. It's the way you feel about it that is beautiful.
mean writing thinking
I think it's good when people don't write good things about your work. I mean, what a great compliment it is to be called a charlatan.
art writing breathing
Painting is like breathing to me. It’s what I do all the time. Every day I make art, whether it is painting, writing or making a movie.
somewhere-else want painting
I want the paintings to take me or the viewer out somewhere else.
memories real film
Everything I've seen becomes real once it becomes memory. The films I've seen are interchangeable with things that have really happened to me.
art powerful office
When art is really great, it's really powerful, can really do something to you, make you feel more alive and make you feel more connected to something. If you don't feel like that when you do it, and you just make a movie to make money, that would be pretty boring to me. I just wouldn't do it. That would be like sitting in an office, which I don't want to do.