21 Quotes by Elizabeth Peyton

I think it is such an amazing moment when people realize what they are and what they can be, and they start putting themselves out into the world. I think you can see it in people when it's happening. They look different.

I lived in London for a time in the '90s and I love it here. You know, I just go and see shows and have great dinners and walk around.

No one is famous when they wake up in the morning, so it's nice seeing people in moments when they're just being themselves.

The faces people make when they are photographed and the face they have when you draw them are very different.

There's something in music that fascinates me - how it communicates emotion so immediately. That's something I wanted in my paintings.

To paint well, I need to be enraptured by my subjects.

In 19th-century France, artists were part of government. Artists are very sensitive to their time. They're very thoughtful people - it makes sense to hear what they have to say.

Theres something in music that fascinates me - how it communicates emotion so immediately. Thats something I wanted in my paintings.

I like the really human sides of people. To meet them and see that theyre complicated and weird or shy or any of those things sort of makes it even better to know that they can rise above that and make something great.