“The idea of space is given to the artist to change if he can. The subject matter in the abstract is space.” IfsIdeasMatterArtistGivenSpaceSubjectsAbstractSubject Matter Book:De Kooning: A Retrospective Source: De Kooning: A Retrospective
“The word 'abstract' comes from the light tower of the philosophers. One of their spotlights that they have particularly focused on 'Art'. [Abstraction was] not so much what you could paint but rather what you could not paint. You could not paint a house or a tree or a mountain. It was then that subject matter came into existence as something you ought not have.” ArtMatterLightHouseExistenceTreeSubjectsOughtMountainPaintPhilosopherAbstractTowersAbstractionSubject MatterSpotlight Author:Willem de Kooning
“I paint the way I do because I can keep on putting more and more things in - like drama, pain, anger, love, a figure, a horse, my ideas of space. It doesn't matter if it differs from mine, as long as it comes from the painting, which has its own integrity and intensity.” IfsWayLongI CanIdeasMatterPainSpaceFiguresMinesPaintingIntegrityDramaHorsePaintIntensityBecause I CanAnger Love Author:Willem de Kooning
