Impression Quote by Richard Diebenkorn

“All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out of a complete visual impression”

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I trust the symbol that is arrived at in the making of the painting. Meaningful symbols aren't invented as such, they are made or…

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Abstract means literally to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract for he must create his own work from his…

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I don't go into the studio with the idea of 'saying' something. What I do is face the blank canvas and put a few…

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And I can just see that sometimes the technique is blasting powder rather than steady struggle.

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I want painting to be difficult to do.

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All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out of a complete visual impression. To call this…

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In a successful painting everything is integral - all the parts belong to the whole. If you remove an aspect or element you are…

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One wants to see the artifice of the thing as well as the subject.

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I would like the colors, their shapes and positions to be arrived at in response to and dictated by the condition of the total…

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With rare exceptions, I respond most to painting that cuts across grain rather than following it. I think the artist here can get in…

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Somehow don't be bored, but if you must, use it in action. Use its destructive potential.

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I want a painting to be difficult to do. The more obstacles, obstructions, problems - if they don't overwhelm - the better. I would…

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