Ronald Brooks Kitaj RA (/kiːˈtaɪ/; October 29, 1932 – October 21, 2007) was an American artist with Jewish roots who spent much of his life in England.
My pictures had and have secret lives, and so there were things I did not tell, a lot of stuff I did not say back then which I'm saying now. . . I intend to continue allowing forms of secret life to paintings I'm working on right now because it excites me to do that.
A lot of good and regular art gets made because of who you talk to. No one is immune to human contact and art is not made in a vacuum.
I carry themes in my mind for years before I will try to compose them. I've got themes that will last me now 'til I die.
Don't listen to the fools who say that pictures of people can be of no consequence, or that painting is dead. There is much to be done.
Martin Filler
Eisaku Sato
Bridgit Mendler
Michael Sweet
Allen Weinstein
Bil Keane
Steve McFadden
Romeo Johnson
Herblock
Sam Waterston
Swami Paramananda
Alicia Machado