“Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement: for transfiguration, not for the sake of play. It is the… — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
I decided that expressionism was a cheap way of getting a reaction - show anybody ripped apart, and you get sympathy. I… — Philip Pearlstein Copy Share Image
When I began as an artist, I already did not like expressionism, or abstract expressionism, because abstract painting had already been done.… — Georg Baselitz Copy Share Image
Gorecki, you know, there's a kind of personal thing there for me. I had, you know, kind of become obsessed with that… — Mahan Esfahani Copy Share Image
I would be constantly brought up on the carpet by these teachers who were brought up with Abstract Expressionism, saying, "You're too… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
For example, in England, we teach about Expressionism, but it is not the same in England as it is in Germany, because… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
A series of powers are at work within the great stream of Expressionism who have no outward similarity to one another but… — Max Ernst Copy Share Image
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