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Quote by Milton Resnick

“You have to give in to what the paint says... You have to do what it's telling you to do.”

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Milton Resnick was an influential American painter known for his abstract expressionist style. His works are characterized by bold brushstrokes and striking contrasts in color, reflecting his unique artistic style and emotional expression. more

“So now, how did God produce this world?... The fable is that he breathed upon us. In his breath, his wind, came moisture and things began to grow... a message of hope. Nothing physical. How do you intend for your breath to become a work of art? The only way I can see it is that you prevent your breath from becoming a structure. As soon as your breath takes on the form of a room, you are a carpenter; you're not God.”

World Way Art I Can Form Grows Rooms This World Produce Wind Becoming Messages Breaths Structure Works Of Art Fables Carpenter Moisture Message Of Hope

Author:Milton Resnick

“Nothing in the world excites the culture today so much as a question. A question seems very appropriate to whatever you have in mind. Allowing your work to remain questionable is a way of satisfying your cultural condition.”

World Way Mind Seems Today Culture Conditions Appropriate Allowing Satisfying Questionable

Author:Milton Resnick

“The religions never wanted an art where you paint only what you see.”

Art Wanted Paint

Author:Milton Resnick

“I painted myself out of my painting.”

Painting Revelations

Author:Milton Resnick

“As soon as you see what you're looking at you have a name for it. You don't see it. The whole process of your thinking is not to see. You overcome sight by thinking.”

Thinking Whole Names Process Overcoming Sight

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“What you have to do is disavow yourself from any sense other than ascendancy. That's the only direction you could possibly have towards painting. There's no other direction at all. There's no other space in art. There's no other way in which you can find yourself except in somehow feeling it. And by holding to this feeling you can once again reach out and guess and miss - and sometimes hit.”

Way Art Sometimes Feelings Space Missing Painting Finding Yourself Reach Out Ascendancy

Author:Milton Resnick

“I'd fallen asleep thinking I was much too tired to go on working and if I went on working, I'd lose it. I'd get a better hold of it in the morning; feel stronger. But I looked and looked at it and it seemed to me there was nothing to do.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Loses Sleep Morning Goes On Stronger Tired Fallen

Author:Milton Resnick

“There are people who can't stand the pain. What happens is they begin to develop some kind of technique to keep out of that hole. Once they do that, they're finished. They never go any further. They're done.”

People Kind Done Happens Pain Finished Technique Holes

Author:Milton Resnick

“Each of us has a universal within us. There's always that making of parts - but it doesn't touch the universal within you.”

Universe Universal Within You

Author:Milton Resnick

“It's interesting to see the world's fascination with a troubled artist. The artists sure wouldn't share their enthusiasm.”

World Artist Interesting Share Enthusiasm Fascination

Author:Jim Rowe

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