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“It is our function as artists to make the spectator see the world our way not his way.”

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Barnett Newman was an American abstract expressionist painter known for his unique canvas cuts and color field paintings. His works often feature vertical white edges, known as 'zipper,' symbolizing the infinite extension of the canvas. Newman's works hold a significant place in 20th-century art history, and his creative style has had a profound impact on later artists. more

“Man's first expression, like his first dream, was an aesthetic one. Speech was a poetic outcry rather than a demand for communication. Original man, shouting his consonants, did so in yells of awe and anger at his tragic state, at his own self-awareness and at his own helplessness before the void.”

Source: Barnett Newman: Selected Writings and Interviews

“What is the explanation of the seemingly insane drive of man to be painter and poet if it is not an act of defiance against mans fall and an assertion that he return to the Garden of Eden? For the artists are the first men.”

Ifs Men Firsts Artist Fall Poet Return Garden Insane Painter Explanation Defiance Assertion Eden Garden Of Eden

Book:Barnett Newman, the stations of the cross, lema sabachthani

Source: Barnett Newman, the stations of the cross, lema sabachthani

“I don't go into the studio with the idea of 'saying' something. What I do is face the blank canvas and put a few arbitrary marks on it that start me on some sort of dialogue.”

Ideas Faces Painting Mark Metaphor Studios Dialogue Painter Blank Canvas Arbitrary Blank Canvas Expressionism

Author:Richard Diebenkorn

“My freedom consists in my moving about within the narrow frame that I have assigned myself for each one of my undertakings.”

Moving Undertakings

Author:Richard Diebenkorn

“All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out of a complete visual impression”

People Painting Mood Impression Visuals

Book:Richard Diebenkorn: Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D.C., November 6 to December 31, 1964; the Jewish Museum, New York, January 13 to February 21, 1965; Pavilion Gallery, Newport Beach, California, March 14 to April 15, 1965

Source: Richard Diebenkorn: Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D.C., November 6 to December 31, 1964; the Jewish Museum, New York, January 13 to February 21, 1965; Pavilion Gallery, Newport Beach, California, March 14 to April 15, 1965

“Terminological infelicities have a way of breeding conceptual confusion.”

Way Confusion Breeding

Book:Subjective, Intersubjective, Objective: Philosophical Essays

Source: Subjective, Intersubjective, Objective: Philosophical Essays

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