Art has been hijacked by nonartists. It's been taken over by bookkeeping. The whole thing is so corrupt. But I suppose that's okay. For artists, everything is grist for the mill. Artists are like cockroaches; we can't be stamped out. — Elaine de Kooning Copy Share Image
Every artist returns to things. The drawings that you make as a child or as an adolescent and the ideas that you have as… — Elaine de Kooning Copy Share Image
A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image. — Elaine de Kooning Copy Share Image
I made my first trip west of the Hudson and it was a revelation. The naked musculature of the Rockies was overpowering and my… — Elaine de Kooning Copy Share Image
I'm more interested in character. Character comes out of the work. Style is applied or imposed on it. — Elaine de Kooning Copy Share Image
For one thing, I want gesture-any kind of gesture, all kinds of gesture-gentle or brutal, joyous or tragic; the gesture of space soaring, sinking,… — Elaine de Kooning Copy Share Image
Inspiration is indispensable to my work, but it is hard to come by. It is there or it is not; it is a gift… — Elaine de Kooning Copy Share Image
Art has been hijacked by nonartists. It's been taken over by bookkeeping. The whole thing is so corrupt. But I suppose that's okay. For… — Elaine de Kooning Copy Share Image
Women can also be creative in total isolation. I know excellent women artists who do original work without any response to speak of. Maybe… — Elaine de Kooning Copy Share Image
