Beauty has became a pejorative word in art. It was not something one should aspire to, because it … - Damian Loeb

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Damian Loeb

Beauty has became a pejorative word in art. It was not something one should aspire to, because it was pedestrian. Beautiful things became cheap and easy. If it's cheap and easy, then upper classes aren't going to aspire to it. So, they have to find something more esoteric. I wanted the paintings to be realistic enough that you would have the ability to forget that I'm showing them to you.

Ability, Art, Beautiful, Became, Painting, Pedestrian

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Each painting, I feel like I kind of might have gotten something. If I feel like I totally got it, there's probably something wrong and it's not finished. And if I really feel like I understand it then I'm done with these paintings and I'll have to do something else.

Done, Gotten, Kind, Painting, Paintings, Totally

There's the people who have one of these cell phones in their pockets and don't have a clue how it's made. But I really want to understand.

Cell, Cell Phone, Clue, People, Pockets

The landscape is one of the kinds that I think, at least this body of work is the least selfish of the stuff that I've done. It's all selfish. It is making images of things that I want to see, that turn me on, that make me happy, that satisfy me.

Done, Make, Selfish, Things, Thinking, Turn

I'm a painter, I'm an artist. I take things too far sometimes. I really need some comfort.

Artist, Comfort, Sometimes, Take, Things

Every show I've done, I've just wanted to understand something of this weird life that I woke up in. I've never woken up in anyone else's life, so I've got to understand this one. The only skill I was given is this painting.

Done, Given, Painting, Show, Woke