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Quotables

"Hey, what do you think you're doing?!? Where are you from? That is art!!"
- Portland Bakery Owner Protecting One of Scott Wayne Indiana's Sidewalk Horses

"Believe me, you want to end up in Eva's diary..."
- Advice given to a dubious artist

"My answer would be, 'NO WAY!!' Er, I mean, 'I respectfully decline due to scheduling issues.' Yeah."
- Artist answering a hypothetical request

"We're not looking for sycophants!"
- Exclamation from a Board member of a Non-Profit Arts Venue

"Don't worry, I don't take you seriously."
- One artist to another

"Demon est Deus Inversus"
- Old-timey quotable dropped during a discussion of existentialism at The Hideout

"I just need to know the role, right?"
- Artist describing the next step in her career

"I think he wants to get in my pants. Fun fun."
- Curator overheard in Seattle

"I'm in the witness protection program."
- Artist hiding from the mob

"Is that Tom Skerritt?!? I've been in love with him since the eighth grade!!"
- Artist at a gallery opening

"All I'm saying is don't buy a house at the bottom of a ravine..."
- Advice Given by a Seattle Photographer visiting the Outskirts of Portland

"This place seems so civilized."
- New York Artist commenting on Portland

"She's lulutoons."
- Overheard at the Lowbrow Lounge in Portland

"Every time I wear something weird, someone always wears something weirder."
- Overheard on the Portland First Thursday Artwalk

"What? Just because I drive a minivan you think I know where Chuck E. Cheese's is?"
- Overheard on the Portland First Thursday Artwalk

"There are two speeds. Either you're doing it, or you're not doing it."
- Advice from a Portland Painter

"I remember a bunch of my friends moving to like L.A. and New York in like, 1989 because they thought nothing was going on here..."
- Statement from a Seattle Photographer

"I definitely know that my genes were assembled here and I'm connected to this place."
- Statement from a Northwest-Bred Artist

"Things are good. Things are really good."
- Statement from a Seattle Artist

"Sometimes it's just a matter of stopping and looking a little harder."
- Statement from a Seattle Photographer

"I drew a lot of princesses and pretty ladies. Years later, I am doing the same thing, except the ladies are now wearing hazmat suits."
- Statement from a Seattle Artist

"What's your relationship to diet coke?"
- Question from a NYC Artist to a Seattle Interviewer

"I will be drunk, Scott."
- Statement by a certain Ms. Scott to a certain Seattle Gallerist

"What did I miss that was cool?"
- Overheard on Halloween in Seattle

"I hereby designate you as H.Maximus, the Zeitgeist of All Heathers Everywhere."
- Statement from a Seattle Artist

"It's a Disco Inferno."
- Curatorial Note describing E.V. Day's Cherry Bomb Vortex.

"You just can't meet ANYBODY in the bathroom!!
- Statement from a Seattle Artist

"I am infinitely quotable."
- Statement from a Seattle Gallerist

"Consistent quality speaks very loudly, stunts come and go."
- Statement from a Portland Curator/Critic

"Wander around a lot. Buy some new shoes."
- Advice from a Seattle Artist on Visiting Vancouver BC