Rob Mullins

Truth exists in art.

I’ve always felt that a lot of modern art is a con, and that the most successful painters are often better salesmen and promoters than they are artists.

I’m just an individual who doesn’t feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I’m working for me.

The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.

A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works.

We’re here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference on this planet. That’s what art forms are about.

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.

Art is self expression. If you are expressing someone else’s personality, that is not art.

All art inspires me. Life inspires me. The art of life, thus my own art.

There is nothing new… everything has roots in the past.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

The role of a museum of modern art is to make a good selection and identify what we believe to be the coming movements, and that requires taste.

MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it.

Have no fear of perfection. You’ll never reach it.

If you believe in your art and you love what you do, that energy will go out and people will respond.

I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.