Art must always remain earnest... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one. — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
If a painting of mine suits me, it is right. If it does not please me, I care not if all the great masters should approve it or the dealers buy it. They would be wrong. — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
If Picasso drips, I drip... For a long while I was with Cezanne, and now I am with Picasso. — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot physically see with his eyes... Abstract art enables the artist to perceive beyond… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
The stuff of thought is the seed of the artist. Dreams form the bristles of the artist's brush. As the eye functions as the… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
My recollections of Armenia open new visions for me. My art is therefore a growth art where forms, pines, shapes, memories of Armenia germinate,… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
Art must always remain earnest... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one. — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
I like painting because it's something I never come to the end of. Sometimes I paint a picture, then I paint it all out.… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
You know how fussy and particular I am in painting. I am ever removing the paint and repainting the spot until I am completely… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
When something is finished, that means it's dead, doesn't it? I believe in everlastingness. I never finish a painting - I just stop working… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
If a painting of mine suits me, it is right. If it does not please me, I care not if all the great masters… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
