63 Quotes by Jamie Wyeth

The problem with having the name Wyeth is that immediately, when people hear the name, they all of a sudden see weathered barns in a field or something.

The quality I most loved in Warhol - it was his sense of wonder. I mean, he was - absolutely everything was, 'Oh my God, isn't that wonderful!'. You know, and so it wasn't that he was cool and kind of calculated at all. He was very childlike.

To me, this was an oxymoron, doing a painting of a dancer. Dancers are always moving.

The real kiss of death - particularly with my father - is the extraordinary popularity of his work.

With a creature, there's no voice, so the eyes become the voice. When you get eye-to-eye contact, a real connection, it's limitless - and incredibly thrilling.

To me, dance is so ethereal and elusive, so much of an illusion. After a performance, that's it. With vocals and music, you have good recordings.

Warhol had a huge effect on me. It wasn't that I sought it out. It was more of a natural evolution.

We lived in my father's studio, so there were the brushes and the pencils and the paint. So it would - it was very natural for me to want to paint, I think, and it was never a question.

Being a painter is the only profession where you have to stand there with all your shortcomings on the wall.