I know that it is impossible to talk about my work. And since it's impossible for me or anybody else to talk about my work, I feel I might as well talk about it. — Barnett Newman Copy Share Image
We are in the process of making the world, to a certain extent, in our own image. — Barnett Newman Copy Share Image
Sculpture is what you bump into when you back up to see a painting. — Barnett Newman Copy Share Image
Painting, like passion, is a living voice, which, when I hear it, I must let it speak, unfettered. — Barnett Newman Copy Share Image
When painters feel the need to make a shift toward self-discovery, they turn to black and white for a time. — Barnett Newman Copy Share Image
Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'. — Barnett Newman Copy Share Image
I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own totality, of his own… — Barnett Newman Copy Share Image
The problem of a painting is physical and metaphysical, the same as I think life is physical and metaphysical. — Barnett Newman Copy Share Image
