Top 9 Mario Schifano Quotes

Italian painter (1934–1998)

Mario Schifano (20 September 1934 – 26 January 1998) was an Italian painter, filmmaker and major figure in the Pop Art movement.

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I always hope to make paintings without useless desire for explanations.

Spero sempre di fare quadri senza inutili volontà di spiegazioni.

I want to paint the painting.

Voglio dipingere la pittura.

Schifano degli Scandali, in Repubblica (January 27, 1998)

As long as I'm alive I'm rich.

I do not accept the blackmail of the past.

Mario Schifano dipingere è umano, troppo umano, in Comunione e liberazione (6 March 2012)

Painting is human, too human.