“Finally, when someone asked [Pollack] how he knew when a painting was finished, he replied, “How do you know when you’ve finished… — Ross Wetzsteon Copy Share Image
“Hans then asked him about painting from nature; Jackson...bluntly offered a phrase that entered Village lore, “I am nature.” — Ross Wetzsteon Copy Share Image
“Finally, when someone asked [Pollack] how he knew when a painting was finished, he replied, “How do you know when you’ve finished making love?” — Ross Wetzsteon Copy Share Image
“Hans then asked him about painting from nature; Jackson...bluntly offered a phrase that entered Village lore, “I am nature.” — Ross Wetzsteon Copy Share Image
“As George Russell defined a literary movement: “Five or six men who live in the same town and hate each other.” — Ross Wetzsteon Copy Share Image
“Exhausted after a full day of treating patients, William Carlos Williams angrily answered the phone. “Doctor,” said a woman’s voice, “my child has swallowed… — Ross Wetzsteon Copy Share Image
“It might be said of Miss [Djuna] Barnes,” [T.S. Eliot] wrote, “who is incontestably one of the most original writers of our time, that… — Ross Wetzsteon Copy Share Image
“Gertrude’s remedy for her mood swings was to print up hundreds of black-bordered calling cards embossed with the single word “Woe,” which she handed… — Ross Wetzsteon Copy Share Image
“There is only one thing left for you to do,” John Sloan advised one artist. “Pull off your socks and try with your feet.” — Ross Wetzsteon Copy Share Image
“[I]t was [Barnett] Newman who made the famously wry remark, “Aesthetics is for the artist as ornithology is for the birds,” — Ross Wetzsteon Copy Share Image
