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> [Well, I'd say that the beginning of this thing came through with Art of This Century, Peggy Guggenheim's, where she opened this gallery and began showing some things that caused a little talk, amongst a lot of other things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-krasner/well-i-d-say-that-the-beginning-of-this-thing-came-through-with-art/)

[Lee Krasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-krasner/)

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## More by Lee Krasner

> [We get used to a certain kind of colour of form or format, and it's acceptable. And to puncture that is sticking your neck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-krasner/we-get-used-to-a-certain-kind-of-colour-of-form-or-format-and-it-s/)

[Lee Krasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-krasner/)

> [All my work keeps going like a pendulum; it seems to swing back to something I was involved with earlier, or it moves between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-krasner/all-my-work-keeps-going-like-a-pendulum-it-seems-to-swing-back-to/)

[Lee Krasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-krasner/)

> [You were told how much space so it was a matter of whether you could send in two paintings or three paintings, you know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-krasner/you-were-told-how-much-space-so-it-was-a-matter-of-whether-you-could/)

[Lee Krasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-krasner/)

> [The Jumble Shop would be one place where we'd sometimes accumulate down in the Village. I think it might be just a place that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-krasner/the-jumble-shop-would-be-one-place-where-we-d-sometimes-accumulate/)

[Lee Krasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-krasner/)

> [With Jackson there was quiet solitude. Just to sit and look at the landscape. An inner quietness. After dinner, to sit on the back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-krasner/with-jackson-there-was-quiet-solitude-just-to-sit-and-look-at-the/)

[Lee Krasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-krasner/)

> [One could go on for ever as to whether the paint should be thick or thin, whether to paint the woman or the square,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-krasner/one-could-go-on-for-ever-as-to-whether-the-paint-should-be-thick-or/)

[Lee Krasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-krasner/)

> [My own image of my work is that I no sooner settle into something than a break occurs. These breaks are always painful and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-krasner/my-own-image-of-my-work-is-that-i-no-sooner-settle-into-something/)

[Lee Krasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-krasner/)

> [I like a canvas to breathe and be alive. Be alive is the point. And, as the limitations are something called pigment and canvas,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-krasner/i-like-a-canvas-to-breathe-and-be-alive-be-alive-is-the-point-and-as/)

[Lee Krasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-krasner/)

> [As I say, I as an abstract artist was active politically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-krasner/as-i-say-i-as-an-abstract-artist-was-active-politically/)

[Lee Krasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-krasner/)

> [I think my painting is so autobiographical if anyone can take the trouble to read it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-krasner/i-think-my-painting-is-so-autobiographical-if-anyone-can-take-the/)

[Lee Krasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-krasner/)

> [The key is what is within the artist. The artist can only paint what she or he is about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-krasner/the-key-is-what-is-within-the-artist-the-artist-can-only-paint-what/)

[Lee Krasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-krasner/)

> [I think every once in a while I feel the need to break my medium... if I have been doing a very large painting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-krasner/i-think-every-once-in-a-while-i-feel-the-need-to-break-my-medium-if-i/)

[Lee Krasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-krasner/)

> [People were very affected by the war. But it didn't mean you stopped painting unless you were called into the Army; then you just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-krasner/people-were-very-affected-by-the-war-but-it-didn-t-mean-you-stopped/)

[Lee Krasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-krasner/)

> [I never violate an inner rhythm. I loathe to force anything. I don't know if the inner rhythm is Eastern or Western. I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-krasner/i-never-violate-an-inner-rhythm-i-loathe-to-force-anything-i-don-t/)

[Lee Krasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-krasner/)

> [Well, I'd say that the beginning of this thing came through with Art of This Century, Peggy Guggenheim's, where she opened this gallery and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-krasner/well-i-d-say-that-the-beginning-of-this-thing-came-through-with-art/)

[Lee Krasner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-krasner/)

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