Artist Quotes by Lee Krasner

17 Artist quotes by Lee Krasner

Krasner’s set of 17 statements explores the many facets of being an artist, from process to purpose. The range of ideas offers readers a well‑rounded sense of her artistic convictions.

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In the late 30s the name Pollock was totally unknown and unheard of.

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The key is what is within the artist. The artist can only paint what she or he is about.

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I have never been able to understand the artist whose image never changes.

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I think my painting is so autobiographical if anyone can take the trouble to read it.

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As I say, I as an abstract artist was active politically.

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Painting, for me, when it really 'happens,' is as miraculous as any natural phenomenon - as say, a lettuce leaf. By 'happens,'…

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I knew de Kooning and I went to his studio so I knew about de Kooning's work. But only a little handful…

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I like a canvas to breathe and be alive. Be alive is the point. And, as the limitations are something called pigment…

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Well, let's say we acknowledged the School of French Painting - the Paris School of painting as the leading force and vitality…

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Painting... in which the inner and the outer man are inseparable, transcends technique, transcends subject and moves into the realm of the…

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The procedure was that an artist got a mural and then he would have anywhere from two to ten assistants depending on…

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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…

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At that point it certainly would be called abstract. That is to say, you had a model and there'd be one or…

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I went into my own black-out period which lasted two or three years where the canvases would simply build up until they'd…

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One could go on for ever as to whether the paint should be thick or thin, whether to paint the woman or…

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You were told how much space so it was a matter of whether you could send in two paintings or three paintings,…

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I think every once in a while I feel the need to break my medium... if I have been doing a very…

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With Jackson there was quiet solitude. Just to sit and look at the landscape. An inner quietness. After dinner, to sit on the back…

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My own image of my work is that I no sooner settle into something than a break occurs. These breaks are always painful and…

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I like a canvas to breathe and be alive. Be alive is the point. And, as the limitations are something called pigment and canvas,…

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I think my painting is so autobiographical if anyone can take the trouble to read it.

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The key is what is within the artist. The artist can only paint what she or he is about.

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I think every once in a while I feel the need to break my medium... if I have been doing a very large painting…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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