1.
I think if anything I am perhaps more inclined than most people are to be polite and considerate because I am aware that human relationships are innately fragile and kind of dangerous.
Alex Colville
2.
It's the ordinary things that seem important to me.
Alex Colville
3.
I don't use photographs because photographs don't give me the kind of information I need.
Alex Colville
4.
My painting occurs when I think of two disparate elements.
Alex Colville
5.
I don’t intend to be menacing, but I do think of life as being essentially dangerous. We never know what’s going to happen from one day to the next.
Alex Colville
6.
Anxiety is the normality of our age.
Alex Colville
7.
The woman sees, I suppose, and the man does not.
Alex Colville
8.
I don't think there's such a thing as an evil animal.
Alex Colville