"I'd rather risk an ugly surprise than rely……" — Helen Frankenthaler

"I'd rather risk an ugly surprise than rely on things I know I can do."

— Helen Frankenthaler

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21 Quotes by Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler has 21 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I've explored a variety of directions and themes over the years. But I think in my painting you can see…
What concerns me when I work, is not whether the picture is a landscape, or whether it's pastoral, or whether…
Every so often every artist feels, 'I'll never paint again. The muse has gone out the window.' In 1985, I…
There are no rules. Let the picture lead you where it must go.
A really good picture looks as if it's happened at once. It's an immediate image. For my own work, when…
There are no rules. That is how art is born, how breakthroughs happen. Go against the rules or ignore the…
I wanted things that I couldn't at times articulate.
A really good picture looks as if it's happened at once. It's an immediate image.
The question of sex will take care of itself.
We would sift through every inch of what it was that worked, or if it didn't, and wonder what was…
Whatever the medium, there is the difficulty, challenge, fascination and often productive clumsiness of learning a new method: the wonderful…
You have to know how to use the accident, how to recognise it, how to control it, and ways to…

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More Rather Risk Quotes

This quote is filed under Rather Risk Quotes, one of 7 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If… — Unknown Author
Most of us would rather risk catastrophe than read the directions.... — Mignon McLaughlin
Your true friends dont shy away from keeping you in check because your wellbeing is more important to them than… — Omar Suleiman
Every instance in my life, I've felt like the exact opposite of Superman. Except this time, this moment right now.… — Craig Silvey
Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us, while the storm did not abate, we agreed… — Alvar N. C. de Vaca
I Would Rather Risk My Heart To The Possibility Of Pain, Than To Never Feel Love Again. To Live Without… — Pacifiersucker

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