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> [Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it. Robert Motherwell Every man becomes, to a certain degree, what the people he generally converses with are. Robert Motherwell If you can't find your inspiration by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/art-is-much-less-important-than-life-but-what-a-poor-life-without-it/)

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## More by Robert Motherwell

> [It is true that every artist has his own religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/it-is-true-that-every-artist-has-his-own-religion/)

[Robert Motherwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-motherwell/)

> [The main thing is not to be dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/the-main-thing-is-not-to-be-dead/)

[Robert Motherwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-motherwell/)

> [I have been continuously aware that in painting, I am always dealing with... a relational structure. Which in turn makes permission 'to be abstract'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/i-have-been-continuously-aware-that-in-painting-i-am-always-dealing/)

[Robert Motherwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-motherwell/)

> [I started with straight, basic, symbolic structures. My problem now is the opposite; as I get older, I try to make my paintings more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/i-started-with-straight-basic-symbolic-structures-my-problem-now-is/)

[Robert Motherwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-motherwell/)

> [An odd contradiction, if the layman were correct in his unconscious assumption that an artist begins with reality and ends with art: the converse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/an-odd-contradiction-if-the-layman-were-correct-in-his-unconscious/)

[Robert Motherwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-motherwell/)

> [Abstract expressionism was the first American art that was filled with anger as well as beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/abstract-expressionism-was-the-first-american-art-that-was-filled/)

[Robert Motherwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-motherwell/)

> [A subject emerges from an interaction between my self, my I, and my medium.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/a-subject-emerges-from-an-interaction-between-my-self-my-i-and-my/)

[Robert Motherwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-motherwell/)

> [A main part of the struggle of art has been to make an art that is direct, simple, humane, unconnected with powers that be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/a-main-part-of-the-struggle-of-art-has-been-to-make-an-art-that-is/)

[Robert Motherwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-motherwell/)

> [Sometimes images may emerge from some chord in my subconscious, the way a dream might. Even in those paintings where an image unconsciously develops,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/sometimes-images-may-emerge-from-some-chord-in-my-subconscious-the/)

[Robert Motherwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-motherwell/)

> [The public's appetite for famous people is a mouth as big as a mountain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/the-public-s-appetite-for-famous-people-is-a-mouth-as-big-as-a/)

[Robert Motherwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-motherwell/)

> [Every picture one paints involves not painting others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/every-picture-one-paints-involves-not-painting-others/)

[Robert Motherwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-motherwell/)

> [Art is an experience, not an object.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/art-is-an-experience-not-an-object/)

[Robert Motherwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-motherwell/)

> [Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it. Robert Motherwell Every man becomes, to a certain degree, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/art-is-much-less-important-than-life-but-what-a-poor-life-without-it/)

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> [The problems of inventing a new language are staggering. But what else can one do if one needs to express one's feeling precisely?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/the-problems-of-inventing-a-new-language-are-staggering-but-what-else/)

[Robert Motherwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-motherwell/)

> [For twenty years I read a book a day, from the time I was seven until I was twenty-seven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/for-twenty-years-i-read-a-book-a-day-from-the-time-i-was-seven-until/)

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