Idris Khan Quotes

• It is hard to avoid the aspect of time when producing what ones sees as a photograph.... my images [are] something that is not a frozen moment, but an image made up of many moments and that is created over time rather than taken.

  Idris Khan

  Taken, Frozen, Moments

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• The photograph is a tool used to take you back to a certain point in one's life, to remember a face or a place you once stood. I feel there is always something quite melancholic about a photograph.

  Idris Khan

  Tools, Faces, Remember

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• Don't be put off by someone telling you that your image looks too digital; maybe that's the way it's supposed to look.

  Idris Khan

  Looks, Way, Digital

  "'A lot of art people hate Photoshop... bollocks to that'". Interview with Natalie Hanman, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2007.

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• A lot of people in the art world hate to use the word "Photoshop", like it's cheating or easy or something. I say bollocks to that - for me, it's my tool, my paintbrush if you like, and lets me create my own visual language.

  Idris Khan

  Cheating, Art, Hate

  "'A lot of art people hate Photoshop... bollocks to that'". Interview with Natalie Hanman, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2007.

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• Recently, I can't seem to take a straight photograph without thinking that what I am photographing won't be the final image - like the world in front of me is not good enough or something.

  Idris Khan

  Thinking, Not Good Enough, Finals

  "'A lot of art people hate Photoshop... bollocks to that'". Interview with Natalie Hanman, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2007.

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• I always wanted to make an abstract photograph. I would photograph walls, sports interiors, marks on the walls people made. Even looking back it makes so much sense. It's like it was a fight against the photograph.

  Idris Khan

  Sports, Wall, Fighting

  Fuente: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm not a political artist in any way, but if an idea takes me somewhere or something is emotionally impactful, I find a way to make a painting that encapsulates it.

  Idris Khan

  Artist, Ideas, Political

  Fuente: www.interviewmagazine.com

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