“I have found in my still-life work that I seem to be able to tell what objects are important to me by what tends to stay in the painting as it develops.” StillsImportantSeemsAbleFoundObjectsPaintingCompositionStill Life Author:Richard Diebenkorn
“As a work progresses, its power to elicit and dictate response mounts. There seems to be an optimum moment when this power is at its greatest which just precedes the point where 'elicit' is no longer apt usage. 'Dictates' is the word for this condition and tyranny is the adversary.” MomentsSeemsPowerProgressConditionsResponseTyrannyAdversariesUsageOptimum Author:Richard Diebenkorn
“All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out of a complete visual impression. To call this expression abstract seems to me often to confuse the issue. Abstract means literally to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract . . . a realistic or non-objective approach makes no difference. The result is what counts.” PeopleMeanSeemsArtistDifferencesResultsIssuesPaintingExpressionApproachDrawsMoodImpressionObjectivesAbstractVisualsRealistic Author:Richard Diebenkorn
