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Ross Bleckner (born May 12, 1949) is an American artist. He currently lives and works in New York City. His artistic focus is on painting, and he held his first solo exhibition in 1975. Some of his art work reflected on the AIDS epidemic, along with several other artists.

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I'm not really a foodie; I could eat the same thing every night, and I go to restaurants that I can walk to.

Night, Restaurants, Thing, Walks

I see my studio like a laboratory, where I work like an investigator - it's almost forensic. I love the discovery process in painting.

Discovery, Forensic, Love, Painting, Process

I like my surroundings to be pretty spare and severe. It helps me to concentrate on my work. All I ever do here is go from my studio to my bedroom. Everything else is extraneous. I never entertain, because to me, New York is about meeting people in public spaces, absorbing a little bit of their energy.

Entertain, New York, People, Severe, Space, Work

If you follow the process of a thought - any thought, not just about art - the thought changes. It has to do with what you can hold in your memory and what you lose. That's an interesting thing to try to paint.

Art, Interesting, Memories, Paint, Process, Thought

Bring something new, something beautiful and something filled with light into the world.

Artist, Beautiful, Bring, Filled, Light

The first thing that has to be broken down is your relationship to authority. Your insecurity could possibly be the wedge that opens up your perspective on what you think is possible for you to do.

Broken, Perspective, Possibly, Thing, Think, Thinking

A community of people, that's the really what art school is.

Art, Community, Education, People, School

One bit in or out of focus makes the difference between our bodies being ourselves and our being part of a group. I want to melt the idea of specificity and blend individuality into the crowd.

Bodies, Differences, Focus, Ideas, Individuality, Part

Life is short. Life goes fast. And what I really want to do in my life is to bring something new, something beautiful and something filled with light into the world. I try to think of that every day so that I can remember why I am coming to my studio.

Beautiful, Filled, Life, Life Is Short, Remember, Short Life

A spiritual search in art is looking for meaning outside of yourself.

Art, Art Is, Looking, Meaning, Search, Spiritual

It almost seems that if you can describe it, you can change it.

Change, Describe, Ifs, Seems