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“If a painting of mine suits me, it is right. If it does not please me, I care not if all the great masters should approve it or the dealers buy it. They would be wrong.”

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Arshile Gorky

Arshile Gorky was an influential American painter known for his unique style that combined elements of Cubism, Surrealism, and Expressionism. Born on April 15, 1904, in Van, near Vanadzor, Armenia, he spent much of his childhood in the United States. Gorky's work is characterized by its emotional intensity and abstract forms, often reflecting his personal experiences and emotional states. more

“It requires a conviction that every people has a unique contribution to give to mankind, and that this they must make or remain sterile, subservient, sallow, and that this contribution they must have commenced to make before they can hope to understand the spirit that informs all great works and inspires all noble living.”

People Giving Spirit Mankind Inspire Unique Conviction Noble Contribution Great Work Subservient

Author:Lawren Harris

“It requires courage to face and to conquer the immense weight of inertia and the dead and dying traditions and sophistications that clutter the minds of men and mould them into the mimicry of living ways.”

Men Way Mind Faces Courage Dying Tradition Weight Conquer Immense Clutter Inertia Sophistication Mould Mimicry

Author:Lawren Harris

“Of course there must be the urge, the indefinable longing to get something through into terms of plastic presentation, but results are nearly always unpredictable.”

Desire Courses Term Results Longing Urges Plastic Unpredictable Presentation Indefinable

Author:Lawren Harris

“Solo artists are generally totally insane. Elton John? Slightly eccentric. George Michael? He's mad as custard.”

Artist Mad Insane Solo Eccentric Custard

Author:Noel Gallagher

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