“There is some other form that you contain within yourself that is not will or purpose and, when applied to art, serves you best. If you systematically apply to the art that you create the aggression of the world that turned you towards art in the first place; if you, in turn, become the aggressor towards your canvas, the thing that you're doing; if you, in turn, work your will upon this thing that you want - you will then cause a dissatisfaction in this life that you create.” IfsWorldWantFirstsArtFormPurposeTurnsCausesThis LifeAggressionCanvasDissatisfactionAggressors Author:Milton Resnick
“I am not a follower of Monet. I am not an admirer or follower of De Kooning. I am not an action painter. I am not an abstract expressionist. I am not younger or older. I will not take my hat off to any other artist living or dead in all the world. I know this.” KnowsWorldActionArtistIndividualityPainterAbstractHatsFollowersAdmirerMonetHats Off Author:Milton Resnick
“Painting is... a correspondence between what you are and what you see. It's a moment when something is holding together in such a way that it is a universe in itself... Within this is a test and also a judgment upon yourself, your capabilities, your promises, and the part that you play in the world. And nobody else can test that for you. Certainly not the Museum of Modern Art.” WorldWayArtPlayMomentsTogetherUniverseModernPaintingPromiseJudgmentTestsMuseumsCapabilityModernismCorrespondenceModern Art Author:Milton Resnick
“No one escapes that moment of innocence when the world attacks him and installs within him the spirit of opposites... As long as everything within you is saying yes and no, dark and light, with big earth-shaking ideas, you come nowhere near art, I think. Light and dark don't exist for us as artists. Light is something given to you and you're allowing it to pass through.” ThinkingWorldLongArtIdeasMomentsBigsLightEarthSpiritArtistGivenDarkOppositesInnocenceThat MomentAllowingWithin YouShakingLight And DarkSaying YesYes And No Author:Milton Resnick
“So now, how did God produce this world?... The fable is that he breathed upon us. In his breath, his wind, came moisture and things began to grow... a message of hope. Nothing physical. How do you intend for your breath to become a work of art? The only way I can see it is that you prevent your breath from becoming a structure. As soon as your breath takes on the form of a room, you are a carpenter; you're not God.” WorldWayArtI CanFormGrowsRoomsThis WorldProduceWindBecomingMessagesBreathsStructureWorks Of ArtFablesCarpenterMoistureMessage Of Hope Author:Milton Resnick
“Nothing in the world excites the culture today so much as a question. A question seems very appropriate to whatever you have in mind. Allowing your work to remain questionable is a way of satisfying your cultural condition.” WorldWayMindSeemsTodayCultureConditionsAppropriateAllowingSatisfyingQuestionable Author:Milton Resnick
