If a painting of mine suits me, it is right. If it does not please me, I care not if all the great masters should approve it or the dealers buy it. They would be wrong. — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because it moves. — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
If Picasso drips, I drip... For a long while I was with Cezanne, and now I am with Picasso. — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot physically see with his eyes... Abstract art enables the artist to perceive beyond… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
The stuff of thought is the seed of the artist. Dreams form the bristles of the artist's brush. As the eye functions as the… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
My recollections of Armenia open new visions for me. My art is therefore a growth art where forms, pines, shapes, memories of Armenia germinate,… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
Art must always remain earnest... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one. — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
I like painting because it's something I never come to the end of. Sometimes I paint a picture, then I paint it all out.… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
You know how fussy and particular I am in painting. I am ever removing the paint and repainting the spot until I am completely… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
When something is finished, that means it's dead, doesn't it? I believe in everlastingness. I never finish a painting - I just stop working… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
If a painting of mine suits me, it is right. If it does not please me, I care not if all the great masters… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
