“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work will be authentic.”
-Jim Jarmusch
I look to "steal" my inspiration is from trees. The language that I use is that of Celtic and Scythian artists. In their language, I express my passion for these amazing, regal, sensual, life-giving beings. I appreciate the way those artists depicted beautifu nature in a stylized manner. I am not looking to copy a tree; I am taking it down to a minimal state to express a moment - connection of the earth to air.
- Matt Young
I'm like a magpie. There's nothing mundane about the world - there is beauty and inspiration everywhere. Having my attention caught by something doesn't make my observation a theft; each little element becomes something entirely new as I translate it onto my canvases.
- Josie Adams