I would like to make something that is real in itself that does not remind anyone of any other things, and that does not have to be explained like the letter A, for instance. — Arthur Dove Copy Share Image
What constitutes American painting?... things may be in America, but it's what is in the artist that counts. What do we call 'American' outside… — Arthur Dove Copy Share Image
It is the form the idea takes in the imagination rather than the form as it exists outside. — Arthur Dove Copy Share Image
I should like to take the wind and water and sand as a motif and work with them, but it has to be simplified… — Arthur Dove Copy Share Image
How do you feel about a person when you're talking over the phone? If you know them, or if you don't know them, do… — Arthur Dove Copy Share Image
Theories have been outgrown. The means is disappearing, the reality of the sensation alone remains. It is that in its essence which I wish… — Arthur Dove Copy Share Image
We cannot express the light in nature because we have not the sun. We can only express the light we have in ourselves. — Arthur Dove Copy Share Image
I would like to make something that is real in itself that does not remind anyone of any other things, and that does not… — Arthur Dove Copy Share Image
