Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Alex Colville

Explore popular quotes and sayings by Alex Colville.
Last updated on April 14, 2025.
Alex Colville

David Alexander Colville, LL.D. was a Canadian painter and printmaker who continues to achieve both popular and critical success.

August 24, 1920 - July 16, 2013
Anxiety is the normality of our age.
The woman sees, I suppose, and the man does not.
My painting occurs when I think of two disparate elements. — © Alex Colville
My painting occurs when I think of two disparate elements.
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.
I don't think there's such a thing as an evil animal.
It's the ordinary things that seem important to me.
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.
I don't use photographs because photographs don't give me the kind of information I need.
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