The artist has to be something like a whale swimming with his mouth wide open, absorbing everything until he has what he… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
The function of the artist is to organize the facets of life according to his imagination. — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
The essence of art is to recapturel the fantasy and the imagination of a child again, but without the innocence of a… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
If you're any kind of artist, you make a miraculous journey, and you come back and make some statements in shapes and… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
The artist has to be exactly the opposite [of people singing the song, I've gotta be Me,] and transcend himself as he… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
Practically all great artists accept the influence of others. But... the artist with vision sees his material, chooses, changes, and by integrating… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
Black art has always existed. It just hasn't been looked for in the right places. — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
The artist confronts chaos. The whole thing of art is, how do you organize chaos? — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
What I've attempted to do is establish a world through art in which the validity of my Negro experience could live and… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
When I conjure these memories, they are of the present to me, because after all, the artist is a kind of enchanter… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
Painting and art cannot be taught. You can save time if someone tells you to put blue and yellow together to make… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
You should always respect what you are and your culture because if your art is going to mean anything, that is where… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
Every artist wants his work to be permanent. But what is? The Aswan Dam covered some of the greatest art in the… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
The artist has to be something like a whale swimming with his mouth wide open, absorbing everything until he has what he really needs. — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
It was not my aim to paint about the Negro in America in terms of propaganda. It is to depict the life of my… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
The most difficult object in painting is yourself because you're always at issue — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
The function of the artist is to organize the facets of life according to his imagination. — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
The essence of art is to recapturel the fantasy and the imagination of a child again, but without the innocence of a child. — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
Painting is a self-disciplined activity that you have to learn by yourself. — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
If you're any kind of artist, you make a miraculous journey, and you come back and make some statements in shapes and colors of… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
But no one, when you stop to think, has ever equated abstract expressionism as a movement with jazz music. It's based on improvisation. The… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
The artist has to be exactly the opposite [of people singing the song, I've gotta be Me,] and transcend himself as he makes judgements. — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
