All Lee Krasner Quotes
- All my work keeps going like a pendulum; it seems to swing back to something I was involved with earlier, or it moves between horizontality… All
- I never violate an inner rhythm. I loathe to force anything. I don't know if the inner rhythm is Eastern or Western. I know it… Been
- I like a canvas to breathe and be alive. Be alive is the point. And, as the limitations are something called pigment and canvas, let's… Alive
- I knew de Kooning and I went to his studio so I knew about de Kooning's work. But only a little handful knew about it,… De Kooning
- As I say, I as an abstract artist was active politically. Abstract
- At that point it certainly would be called abstract. That is to say, you had a model and there'd be one or two or three… Abstract
- 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 out… Acceptable
- 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… Affected
- I need to be alone for certain periods of time or I violate my own rhythm. Alone
- I think, if one is a painter, all you experience does come out when you’re painting. All
- Painting... in which the inner and the outer man are inseparable, transcends technique, transcends subject and moves into the realm of the inevitable. Inevitable
- I have never been able to understand the artist whose image never changes. Able
- In the late 30s the name Pollock was totally unknown and unheard of. Inspirational
- Painting, for me, when it really 'happens,' is as miraculous as any natural phenomenon - as say, a lettuce leaf. By 'happens,' I mean the… Any
- One could go on for ever as to whether the paint should be thick or thin, whether to paint the woman or the square, hard-edge… Aesthetics
- My own image of my work is that I no sooner settle into something than a break occurs. These breaks are always painful and depressing… Always Painful
- My studio was on 9th Street between University and Broadway. Broadway
- The procedure was that an artist got a mural and then he would have anywhere from two to ten assistants depending on the size of… Anywhere
- With Jackson there was quiet solitude. Just to sit and look at the landscape. An inner quietness. After dinner, to sit on the back porch… Any
- You were told how much space so it was a matter of whether you could send in two paintings or three paintings, you know, pending… Accepted
- 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 unknown… Accumulate
- Well, I'd say that the beginning of this thing came through with Art of This Century, Peggy Guggenheim's, where she opened this gallery and began… Amongst
- Well, let's say we acknowledged the School of French Painting - the Paris School of painting as the leading force and vitality of the time.… Acknowledged