My problem with political art is not that it's bad art necessarily, but that it is terrible politics.
Peter SchjeldahlThere's a double standard between writers and readers. Readers can be unfaithful to writers anytime they like, but writers must never ever be unfaithful to the readers.
Peter SchjeldahlBlack and white can show how something is. Color adds how it is, imbued with temperatures and humidities of experience.
Peter SchjeldahlEverybody's got plants, but most are just growing weeds. The cultivated have greater gardens, finer and gaudier gardens.
Peter Schjeldahl