4 Quotes by Willem De Kooning about ideas


  • Author Willem De Kooning
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    In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of trembling, for instance, all of a sudden most art starts to tremble. Michelangelo starts to tremble. El Greco starts to tremble. All the Impressionists start to tremble.

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    The idea of space is given to the artist to change if he can. The subject matter in the abstract is space.

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    Every so often, a painter has to destroy painting. Cezanne did it, Picasso did it with Cubism. Then Pollock did it. He busted our idea of a picture all to hell. Then there could be new paintings again.

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