David Batchelor Quotes & Sayings

Certain materials suggest ideas and ways of working. — David Batchelor

The materials I use are absolutely essential to the work I make. — David Batchelor

I often use colour to attack form, to break it down a little or begin to dissolve it. But I am not at all interested in 'pure' colour or in colour as a transcendental presence ... So if I use colours to begin to dissolve forms, I also use forms to prevent colours becoming entirely detached from their everyday existence. — David Batchelor

Chromophobia is perhaps only chromophilia without the colour. — David Batchelor

Theorem: Consider the set of all sets that have never been considered. Hey! They're all gone!! Oh, well, never mind... — David Batchelor