22 Quotes by Kenneth Noland

Pollock was well known, certainly, but for all the wrong reasons. He was known as much for being wild and unconventional in his working methods as for being a great artist.

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

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

Clem had made it known that Pollock was a great painter.

That's the way I work. Usually I start by fooling with the stuff, make messes. Sometimes something comes out of it; sometimes it doesn't.

I paint my paintings directly. I almost never paint over. This maintains the attention of the picture for me, my contact with what I am doing.

For me context is the key – from that comes the understanding of everything.

Context begins with other artists – seniors and mentors.

I met David Smith through my former wife, Cornelia, who’d studied with him.