I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic strips are interesting as subject matter.

My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.

I'm not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I don't really want it to carry one. I'm not interested in the subject matter to try to teach society anything, or to try to better our world in any way.

A woman is subject matter enough.

The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer.

I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it.