Quotes by Mark Kostabi - Page 1

It's very true that an artist who networks well will have better opportunities than one who doesn't network well. But great networking skills without great art won't change art history.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Art
Opportunity
Networking
Skills
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My colors are logically chosen.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Chosen
Color
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Out of routine comes inspiration.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Inspiration
Routine
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Ending lending is beginning winning.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Lending
Winning
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Artists of the world arise - it's time to dump your dealers.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Arise
Artist
World
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There's too much negativity in the world. Staying positive is a better investment.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Negativity
Optimism
Stay Positive
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Teaching, the most noble profession, should be rewarded based on merit alone, not seniority.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Merit
Noble
Teaching
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I really believe in my work and in no way think I'm taking advantage of anyone. I feel generous when selling my art.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Art
Believe
Thinking
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Do what you love. Go to a good art school and study with the best teachers. Move to New York and read Ask Mark Kostabi.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Art
New York
Teacher
Moving
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The press needs stories constantly. No need to bleed, just feed. Branding will keep you standing... Get press not stress.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Needs
Stories
Stress
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Things don't get tough in the studio. Sometimes things get tough outside the studio and going in the studio is a relief, a sanctuary, therapy.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Relief
Sanctuary
Tough
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One secret to my success is that I am faithful to my dreams and don't cheat on my dreams by taking drugs or blaming others when things don't go right.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Dream
Drug
Faithful
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I'm not sure what [my latest works are] about but I'm convinced they're the best things I've done and I'm going to the world's best museums with them.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Done
Museums
World
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As a comic book artist, once you become a master, you end up a slave. In fine art you're always free... since I couldn't make it at Marvel, I made my life a carnival.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Art
Book
Slave
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I'm an artist because that's what I was best at as a kid. It was fun... I continue to be an artist... for the freedom that an art career can bring. I don't need an alarm clock and I am my own boss.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Art
Kids
Fun
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A female artist friend of mine recently told me that she was advised to 'look more slutty.' I asked her boyfriend what the equivalent advice for a man would be. He said to be more muscular. That made me rush to the gym.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Men
Advice
Artist
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For the art-historically informed, no art has truly shocked since November 19, 1971, when Chris Burden had himself shot in the arm by a friend, at F-Space in Santa Ana, California. Sliced cows and surgically altering one's own face is aftershock art.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Art
Space
California
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Share your enthusiasm with the collector's enthusiasm for the work, and discover things together. Be nice and appreciative and at the same time give them the hint that you're a winner so they believe they've made a good investment. It's simple common sense.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Believe
Nice
Simple
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Many artists and critics see collectors like kids see their parents: as the ones with money and power who just don't get it. Once they start to mingle with the collectors and learn that they are people who have achieved something who then expand into art, they change their minds.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Art
Kids
People
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I've gradually fooled myself into becoming a real painter... I really just like to sit in my air-conditioned Rome painting studio surrounded by Medieval and Renaissance architecture and to hold a tube of Alizarin Madder Lake in my artist's hand and marvel at the shiny goop inside.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Artist
Lakes
Real
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No matter how brilliant, amusing or intelligent the creek of abstraction, Dadaism, Minimalism and Conceptualism of the 20th century was, it didn't much affect the historical river of figuration. I predict that in 50 years and in 300 years, figurative art will still be strong and important.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Art
Intelligent
Strong
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I am a famous artist. I make millions. But I frequently see debut shows of unknown artists with prices that are double of mine... what they're really doing is barely getting by and helping me sell 1,000 paintings a year effortlessly, because they make my paintings look like such a bargain. Thank you to all the egotistical art students!
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Art
Looks
Years
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Luck plays no role in art world success. It's your own responsibility to create your success, which is a result of making thousands of constant decisions - focused, professional tenacity - day after day of keeping commitments to yourself and to those you make promises to. If you fail, it's all your fault. If you succeed, you deserve all the credit.
Mark Kostabi / Artist
Art
Success
Commitment
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