Artist Quotes by Richard Diebenkorn

17 Artist quotes by Richard Diebenkorn

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Richard Diebenkorn’s musings on painting blend calm observation with a hint of melancholy. He describes the interplay of light and space, providing a concise glimpse into the mind behind his iconic panels.

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I want painting to be difficult to do.

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In a successful painting everything is integral - all the parts belong to the whole. If you remove an aspect or element…

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My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man.

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All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out of a complete visual impression

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My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. He hoped I would see my…

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In abstract painting, I worried about the limited range of possibilities that, as time went on, became increasingly important to me. I…

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I trust the symbol that is arrived at in the making of the painting. Meaningful symbols aren't invented as such, they are…

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I don't go into the studio with the idea of 'saying' something. What I do is face the blank canvas and put…

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I have found in my still-life work that I seem to be able to tell what objects are important to me by…

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Abstract means literally to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract for he must create his own work…

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I keep plastering it until it comes around to what I want, in terms of all I know and think about painting…

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When I am halfway there with a painting, it can occasionally be thrilling... But it happens very rarely; usually it's agony... I…

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All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out of a complete visual impression. To…

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With rare exceptions, I respond most to painting that cuts across grain rather than following it. I think the artist here can…

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Maybe the given person, cup, or landscape is lost before one gets to painting. A figure exerts a continuing and unspecified influence…

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I want a painting to be difficult to do. The more obstacles, obstructions, problems - if they don't overwhelm - the better.…

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'Abstract' literally means to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract... a realistic or nonobjective approach makes no…

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Abstract means literally to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract for he must create his own work from his…

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I don't go into the studio with the idea of 'saying' something. What I do is face the blank canvas and put a few…

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And I can just see that sometimes the technique is blasting powder rather than steady struggle.

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I want painting to be difficult to do.

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All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out of a complete visual impression. To call this…

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In a successful painting everything is integral - all the parts belong to the whole. If you remove an aspect or element you are…

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One wants to see the artifice of the thing as well as the subject.

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I would like the colors, their shapes and positions to be arrived at in response to and dictated by the condition of the total…

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With rare exceptions, I respond most to painting that cuts across grain rather than following it. I think the artist here can get in…

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Somehow don't be bored, but if you must, use it in action. Use its destructive potential.

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I want a painting to be difficult to do. The more obstacles, obstructions, problems - if they don't overwhelm - the better. I would…

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Mistakes can't be erased, but they move you from your present position.

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Use and respond to the initial fresh qualities but consider them absolutely expendable.

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My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. He hoped I would see my way to…

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