The Jerusalem Report, May 2016
Legendary painter Frank Stella, 79, likes to talk. But it’s hard to make him speak about what his paintings might mean. He doesn’t like to talk about his perspective on topics that have broader significance. Which isn’t surprising. In his nearly six decade career, Stella has managed to create works that, he claims, avoid philosophical or emotional illusion – works in which, as he has famously said, "What you see is what you see."