Peter Plagens Quotations

It's like having a little tape recorder in your head that is playing at an incredibly high speed at an incredibly low volume. A little voice telling you about all the things you'd seen and considered, and your thoughts, and you just want to get them out of your head. They can tend to get into your work.

I like figure-ground (relationships), ... I like shapes. So, gosh darn it, I was going to put a great big turquoise shape on a great big vermillion background. No getting around it.

I like touch. I like to make twists and turns -- but I don't want (my paintings) to be too elegant.

can push you a bit to round off the edges of your art.

Honestly, I never had a market where people were standing in line. So, I wasn't under any pressure to be cranking out something in order to pay for my sports car,