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
art religion
I didn't want to be like everybody else. Art was my religion.
art interesting addresses
What's interesting about making art is that you take everything you know about it and you bring it up to that point, and you start making a physical thing that addresses what that is. And when you do it, you don't know anything about it - if it's going to work or not work.
crazy artist insane
Maybe my work looks a little crazy, a little insane, but I don't really see myself as a crazy artist or a shaman artist.
art perspective historical
There were some types of sanctions that happen in the public world that made my work acceptable, where someone looks at the paintings and they don't - they may go, "okay," and then look at it in a different sort of way. Instead of just looking at it as some type of wild art, they look at it in a historical perspective or context.
new-york thinking artist
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.
thinking artist issues
I think, basically, I'm an abstract artist. I just think that that's not even an issue. I think everything's abstract.
art jobs luxury
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.
artist people ruthless
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.
thinking artist interesting
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.
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.
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.
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.
money
Because I'm not doing it for the money, I'm doing it because I feel like that story needs to be told or clarified, or something needs to be shown about that.
lots people treating understand
It's very difficult, I think, for people to be around you when you're getting lots of attention. It's very difficult for young people to understand what that's about when people start treating you differently when you've been doing the same thing you were doing the day before.