“Writing about art is only useful when it leads to the experience of art.” Quote by Walter Darby Bannard
“My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. He hoped I would see my way to more serious work and would find myself turning towards medicine, law, or business.” ThinkingMenWayLawArtistFatherGoalSeriousMedicineWorthyMy WayRespectableBeing An ArtistSerious Work Author:Richard Diebenkorn
“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
“My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful, the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles.” ActionGreaterFieldsLimitsObstaclesMeaningfulSurround Author:Richard Diebenkorn
“I keep plastering it until it comes around to what I want, in terms of all I know and think about painting now, as well as in terms of the initial observation.” ThinkingKnowsWantWellsTermPaintingObservationInitials 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
“I started off as many fathers do. I enjoyed the good bits, but I was wary of the responsibility. But now I love being a dad.” FatherBitsResponsibilityDadEnjoyedBeing A Dad Author:Noel Gallagher
“I would like the colors, their shapes and positions to be arrived at in response to and dictated by the condition of the total space at the time they are considered.” SpaceConditionsPositionColorShapesResponse Author:Richard Diebenkorn
“One wants to see the artifice of the thing as well as the subject.” WantWellsSubjectsArtifice Author:Richard Diebenkorn