«Painting is my oldest subject, fashion is my newest and beauty is my youngest.»
reference:Marlene Dumas:Models,
«I'm not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I don't really want it to carry one. I'm not interested in the subject matter to try ...»
«Unless a subject intrest me, I’ll pass it over and save my film for better things»
reference::The Best of Popular photography,1979, page 21
«The first impression of a new subject is not necessary the best. Seen from a different angle or under different condition it might look even better. Always study a three ...»
reference::The Best of Popular photography,1979, page 64
«The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and space, pattern and texture, motion and mood, everything ...»
reference::The Best of Popular photography,1979, page 71
«Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask.»
«The subject comes first, the medium second.»
«Materialist implies a primary involvement in materials, but I am primarily concerned with art. One could say the subject matter is materials, but its reason to be goes way beyond ...»
reference:Joseph Kosuth:Art after Philosophy and After,Collected Writing, 1966-1990,published in MIT Press Verlag,1991, page 63