People were very affected by the war. But it didn't mean you stopped painting unless you were called into the Army; then you just couldn't paint. But otherwise one continued. — Lee Krasner Copy Share Image
Painting, for me, when it really 'happens,' is as miraculous as any natural phenomenon - as say, a lettuce leaf. By 'happens,' I mean the painting in which the inner aspect of man and his outer aspects interlock. — Lee Krasner Copy Share Image
We get used to a certain kind of colour of form or format, and it's acceptable. And to puncture that is sticking your neck… — Lee Krasner Copy Share Image
All my work keeps going like a pendulum; it seems to swing back to something I was involved with earlier, or it moves between… — Lee Krasner Copy Share Image
You were told how much space so it was a matter of whether you could send in two paintings or three paintings, you know,… — Lee Krasner Copy Share Image
The Jumble Shop would be one place where we'd sometimes accumulate down in the Village. I think it might be just a place that's… — Lee Krasner Copy Share Image
With Jackson there was quiet solitude. Just to sit and look at the landscape. An inner quietness. After dinner, to sit on the back… — Lee Krasner Copy Share Image
One could go on for ever as to whether the paint should be thick or thin, whether to paint the woman or the square,… — Lee Krasner Copy Share Image
My own image of my work is that I no sooner settle into something than a break occurs. These breaks are always painful and… — Lee Krasner Copy Share Image
I like a canvas to breathe and be alive. Be alive is the point. And, as the limitations are something called pigment and canvas,… — Lee Krasner Copy Share Image
I think my painting is so autobiographical if anyone can take the trouble to read it. — Lee Krasner Copy Share Image
The key is what is within the artist. The artist can only paint what she or he is about. — Lee Krasner Copy Share Image
I think every once in a while I feel the need to break my medium... if I have been doing a very large painting… — Lee Krasner Copy Share Image
