Peter Doig Quotes

Art is difficult. It's not entertainment.

Movies are weird; it's like trying to make a painting with one hundred people. It's a weird world, but every job is weird; it's always a little bit hard, crazy and fun, a nice combination.

But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.

Making television is difficult. Making any art is difficult.

When I wake up, I can't wait to get to the studio, go into the paint room.

Art is difficult. It's not always going to please everyone; it's not always going to work the way you want it to work.

I stay in the studio diligently. I'm always trying to create.

The wonderful thing about theater is that it has so many people involved in the creation of it. The worst thing about theater is that it has so many people involved in the creation of it. That dynamic is thrilling and challenging every time you make a show.

My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took me maybe three days, but it took me all my life to get the skills to paint that painting.

Painting directly from nature is difficult as things do not remain the same; the camera helps to retain the picture in your mind.

There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself in relationship to painting and that was attitudes like tortured, struggle, pain.

I write by myself and then deliver the song. Everybody knows, 'Leave Ester alone when she's in her zone.' Give me a studio and the tracks, and I'll call you when the doctor is done.

When I work alone, my process is like painting. With Fleetwood Mac, it's more like movie making.

I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.

I like to think that my works flow like music. That may be one reason I work in large groups versus one picture of one thing; it's the flow of the whole series that counts.

I'm never gonna go into a studio and work for a whole year non-stop. Just every day on my own in the studio working, it's just too damn hard.

In my previous life, I was an artist. I still paint. I love art.

One of my favourite exhibitions is called 'Do It,' which I co-curated with the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier 21 years ago.

Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration.

I don't want to be a film-maker. I think painting is far more exciting and profound.

You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work.

Painting is a very difficult thing. It absorbs the whole man, body and soul, thus have I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life.

My wife is a painter, musician, and fiber artist. We married in 1993, and as she worked, I found that my reading about art was helping me understand what she was doing, just as seeing her work gave me a language with which to speak of art.

Seven days a week, I'm always drawing, doodling, or painting, whether I'm in the studio or on a plane.

Sometimes, trying to make a work of art can be very difficult and very painful.