In a sense [Joseph] Albers was an authoritarian teacher. He had rules about most things and very definite ideas.
Michael Craig-MartinIf you try to copy something exactly you won't get it correct, because you don't share the same tradition and context.
Michael Craig-MartinI came to painting through sculpture, to images through objects. I think that images sit in the middle, somewhere between objects and words.
Michael Craig-MartinI am trying to present objects in the simplest way possible, and I don't want to supply too much context.
Michael Craig-MartinThe first exhibition that I used bright colours in painting the room was at a gallery in Paris, and there were seven rooms in the gallery. It was very nice gallery, not very big rooms, around the courtyard, it was a very French space. So I painted each room in different colour. When people came to the exhibition, I saw they came with a smile. Everybody smiles - this is something I never saw in my work before.
Michael Craig-Martin