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> [Women can also be creative in total isolation. I know excellent women artists who do original work without any response to speak of. Maybe they are used to lack of feedback. Maybe they are tougher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-de-kooning/women-can-also-be-creative-in-total-isolation-i-know-excellent-women/)

[Elaine de Kooning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-de-kooning/)

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## More by Elaine de Kooning

> [Every artist returns to things. The drawings that you make as a child or as an adolescent and the ideas that you have as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-de-kooning/every-artist-returns-to-things-the-drawings-that-you-make-as-a-child/)

[Elaine de Kooning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-de-kooning/)

> [A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-de-kooning/a-painting-to-me-is-primarily-a-verb-not-a-noun-an-event-first-and/)

[Elaine de Kooning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-de-kooning/)

> [I made my first trip west of the Hudson and it was a revelation. The naked musculature of the Rockies was overpowering and my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-de-kooning/i-made-my-first-trip-west-of-the-hudson-and-it-was-a-revelation-the/)

[Elaine de Kooning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-de-kooning/)

> [Artists are like cockroaches; everything is grist for the mill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-de-kooning/artists-are-like-cockroaches-everything-is-grist-for-the-mill/)

[Elaine de Kooning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-de-kooning/)

> [I'm more interested in character. Character comes out of the work. Style is applied or imposed on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-de-kooning/i-m-more-interested-in-character-character-comes-out-of-the-work/)

[Elaine de Kooning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-de-kooning/)

> [For one thing, I want gesture-any kind of gesture, all kinds of gesture-gentle or brutal, joyous or tragic; the gesture of space soaring, sinking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-de-kooning/for-one-thing-i-want-gesture-any-kind-of-gesture-all-kinds-of-gesture/)

[Elaine de Kooning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-de-kooning/)

> [Inspiration is indispensable to my work, but it is hard to come by. It is there or it is not; it is a gift…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-de-kooning/inspiration-is-indispensable-to-my-work-but-it-is-hard-to-come-by-it/)

[Elaine de Kooning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-de-kooning/)

> [Art has been hijacked by nonartists. It's been taken over by bookkeeping. The whole thing is so corrupt. But I suppose that's okay. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-de-kooning/art-has-been-hijacked-by-nonartists-it-s-been-taken-over-by/)

[Elaine de Kooning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-de-kooning/)

> [Women can also be creative in total isolation. I know excellent women artists who do original work without any response to speak of. Maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-de-kooning/women-can-also-be-creative-in-total-isolation-i-know-excellent-women/)

[Elaine de Kooning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-de-kooning/)

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