38 Quotes by Helen Frankenthaler

The price for living the life I have -- for any serious, devoted person, is that at times one must live alone, or feel alone. I think loneliness is associated in many people's minds when they think about success.

A picture that is beautiful, or that comes off, or that works, looks as if it was all made at one stroke.

Every canvas is a journey all its own.

I had the landscape in my arms as I painted it. I had the landscape in my mind and shoulder and wrist.

There are many accidents that are nothing but accidents-and forget it. But there are some that were brought about only because you are the person you are... you have the wherewithal, intelligence, and energy to recognize it and do something with it.

There are no rules. Let the picture lead you where it must go.

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

Art has a will of its own. It has nothing to do with the taste of the moment or what's expected of you. That's a formula for dead art, or fashionable art.

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