Mark Grotjahn Quotes

#1. Mark Grotjahn's large new paintings abound with torrents of ropy impasto, laid down in thickets, cascading waves, and bundles that swell, braid around, or overlap one another.

Jerry Saltz

#2. I pray for bravery and guts, for honesty and discernment. I know you have a lot to lose - we all do when we lay down our certainties and our black-and-white thinking.

Sarah Bessey

#3. The ability to start out upon your own impulse is
fundamental to the gift of keeping going upon your own
terms ... Getting started, keeping going, getting started
again in art and in life, it seems to me this is the essential rhythm.

Seamus Heaney

#4. I got my first show at Blum & Poe because Paul McCarthy postponed his show, and they came to my studio and asked me if I could put together a show in two weeks.

Mark Grotjahn

#5. A memory is a fine legacy to leave behind.

Roshani Chokshi

#6. I've got two girls, and they both make beautiful drawings. One of them really has a gift for the way that she colors around certain lines.

Mark Grotjahn

#7. The more risks you take, the more rewards you will receive.

Robin S. Sharma

#8. I think my masks reference artists who reference primitivism. They're not directly connected to tribal arts. I think they look more like third-grade art projects.

Mark Grotjahn

#9. When we encounter suffering, it is important to respond w/ compassion rather than to question the politics of those we help.

Dalai Lama