Because Quote by Kenneth Noland

“Because of this the representation I'm interested in is of those things only the eye can touch.”

Kenneth Noland

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Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time.

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Context begins with other artists - seniors and mentors.

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As time goes on, I realize more and more that, beginning in the early 30's, David Smith began setting the precedent for what was…

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I've also been willing to share any help that I could give to any other artist.

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I think of painting without subject matter as music without words.

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In the '50s Morris Louis and I were not known, David Smith and Helen Frankenthaler were not much known.

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