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Arshile Gorky was an influential American painter known for his unique style that combined elements of Cubism, Surrealism, and Expressionism. Born on April 15, 1904, in Van, near Vanadzor, Armenia, he spent much of his childhood in the United States. Gorky's work is characterized by its emotional intensity and abstract forms, often reflecting his personal experiences and emotional states.

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“My recollections of Armenia open new visions for me. My art is therefore a growth art where forms, pines, shapes, memories of Armenia germinate, breathe, expand and contract, multiply and thereby create new paths for exploration.”

Art Form Growth Memories Vision Path Shapes Art Is Breathe Exploration Contracts Recollection New Paths New Vision Armenia

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“Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because it moves.”

Ifs Should Art Moving Movement Translations

Book:Arshile Gorky: goats on the roof : a life in letters and documents

Source: Arshile Gorky: goats on the roof : a life in letters and documents

“I communicate my innermost perceptions through art.”

Art Painting Perception Communicate

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“Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint.”

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Book:Arshile Gorky: three decades of drawings

Source: Arshile Gorky: three decades of drawings

“Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot physically see with his eyes... Abstract art enables the artist to perceive beyond the tangible, to extract the infinite out of the finite. It is the emancipation of the mind. It is an explosion into unknown areas.”

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“We are part of the world creation, and we ourselves create nothing. Our knowledge allows us to make use of all the forces already in existence, our art to interpret emotions already felt. One big war, an epidemic, and we collapse into ignorance and darkness, fit sons of chimpanzees.”

World Art War Use Bigs Force Felt Emotion Existence Darkness Creation Ignorance Son Fit Collapse Epidemics Chimpanzees

Book:Arshile Gorky: goats on the roof : a life in letters and documents

Source: Arshile Gorky: goats on the roof : a life in letters and documents

“Art must always remain earnest... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one.”

Doe Art Laughing Comedy Serious Sarcasm Loved Ones Earnest

Book:Arshile Gorky: drawings to paintings

Source: Arshile Gorky: drawings to paintings

“The stuff of thought is the seed of the artist. Dreams form the bristles of the artist's brush. As the eye functions as the brain's sentry, I communicate my innermost perceptions through the art, my worldview.”

Art Dream Eye Form Artist Stuff Brain Perception Function Communicate Seeds Brushes Worldview

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About the Author

Born: April 15, 1904
Died: July 21, 1948
Known for: Painter
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