Mark Bradford on Clyfford Still

Mark Bradford: To use the whole social fabric of our society as a point of departure for abstraction reanimates it, dusts it off.

Moyra Davey on a rosary terminal bead with lovers | Death

Moyra Davey: It's a reminder of death, but at the same time you can be in denial because the exquisite nature of this takes over.

Paul Tazewell on portraits by Anthony van Dyck

Paul Tazewell: For this time in history [17th century England], clothing was significantly more feminized than we're used to today.

Sheila Hicks on The Harp of Praise, by Baselyos

Sheila Hicks: You can't walk past this little book, and not stop. It has powerful staying power.

Swoon on The Third-Class Carriage, by Honoré Daumier

Swoon: One of the highest functions of art I have identified, within my own work, is to be a vessel for empathy.

Thomas Demand on the Gubbio studiolo

Thomas Demand: "It's the promise that with the genius of the human brain one can somehow cage the horrors of the daily life."

Wayne Thiebaud on The Horse Fair, by Rosa Bonheur

Wayne Thiebaud: "That's not a photograph; it's a painting."