"I see the canvas and I begin... It's……" — Willem de Kooning
"I see the canvas and I begin... It's a necessary evil to get into the work, and it's pretty marvelous to be able to get out of it."
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40 Quotes by Willem de Kooning
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The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.
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I don't paint to live, I live to paint.
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The drawings that interest me most are made with closed eyes. With eyes closed, I feel my hand slide down…
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Once, after finishing a picture, I thought I would stop for awhile, take a trip, do things-the next time I…
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The artist fills space with an attitude. The attitude never comes from himself alone.
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Yes, I am influenced by everbody. But every time I put my hands in my pockets I find someone else's…
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I'm not interested in 'abstracting' or taking things out or reducing painting to design, form, line, and color. I paint…
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In art one idea is as good as another.
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Every so often, a painter has to destroy painting. Cezanne did it, Picasso did it with Cubism. Then Pollock did…
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Flesh was the reason why oil painting was invented
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Even abstract shapes must have a likeness
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I make pictures and someone comes in and calls it art.
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