Philip Guston Quotes

A collection of quotes by Philip Guston.

Philip Guston (1913-1980) was an influential American painter and printmaker. Born in Montreal, Canada, Guston moved to Los Angeles as a child and later settled in New York City. He emerged as an important figure in the American art scene during the mid-20th century, known for his distinctive style that transitioned from abstract expressionism to figurative and often politically charged work. His bold use of color and cartoonish imagery explored themes of social commentary, personal introspection, and the human condition. Guston's work continues to inspire and challenge artists today.

If you go and talk to most people, they mean well but they don't have much of a breadth on education, of knowledge of understanding what the real issues are and therefore they listen to pundits on television who tell them what they are supposed to think and they keep repeating that until pretty soon they say, 'Oh, well that must be true.'

Benjamin Carson

Beauty

Painting and sculpture are very archaic forms. It's the only thing left in our industrial society where an individual alone can make something with not just his own hands, but brains, imagination, heart maybe.

Philip Guston

Imagination