Ed Askew Quotes
Most days I only go out to the post office or to get some food. Otherwise I work on my art or music. I check out the news, and generally spend a lot of time on Tumblr or Facebook or whatever.
I will sacrifice my comfort, my convenience, my economic position in order to stand in protest, but not impose that on everyone else.
My work as a painter has always been tied to Modernism. I read everything I could find related to art, from Paul Cézanne through the 1950s.
My favorite time is late at night. I seem to wake up and want to work after 10pm, in my bubble of night.
I'm a New Yorker. I like the big streets and the big buildings. It's a great place to walk.
Music and art are two very different activities for me. However, the use of imagery links them, and invention is important for both.
The issue of innovation never interested me personally, since I believe it may lead to a place where people don't paint anymore.
It's hard to say what exactly I like about New York. It's so vast. It seems to go on and on, but that's an illusion. Still, it's fun to be here, especially since I don't drive.
The ability for anyone in our generation to self-amuse has sadly been bred out of our species.