“The 'Women' had to do with the female painted through all ages, all those idols, and maybe I was stuck to a certain extent; I couldn't go on. It did one thing for me: it eliminated composition, arrangement, relationships, light - all this silly talk about line, colour and form - because that was the thing I wanted to get hold of.” LightAgeWantedFormCertainLinesOne ThingGoes OnFemaleStuckSillyColourIdolsCompositionArrangements Book:De Kooning: a centennial exhibition Source: De Kooning: a centennial exhibition
“Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists.” ArtFeelingsArtistCertainAreasHistoricalCanvasPersonal Feelings Book:Willem de Kooning Source: Willem de Kooning
