Elizabeth Peyton

If art is any good, it has so much of a longer trajectory than one night. Contemporary art is separate from art openings. In the end, it depends on the strength of ideas in each piece. ”

The faces people make when they are photographed and the face they have when you draw them are very different. ”

No one is famous when they wake up in the morning, so it's nice seeing people in moments when they're just being themselves. ”

I think little things are more powerful because they're more honest, so people feel them more strongly. ”

I lived in London for a time in the '90s and I love it here. You know, I just go and see shows and have great dinners and walk around. ”

I love the idea that someone I like would have a piece of mine in their house and have a relationship with it. ”

To paint well, I need to be enraptured by my subjects. ”

You really need faith in yourself to make art and to stand up for what you believe in. ”

Romanticism is not just about being in a fixed state of endless beauty, because you can't live like that or live on that, that's what I've learnt. ”

I think everybody can be beautiful. Anybody can have beauty. It's about how you look at the world, in a way, and how you treat yourself. ”