“Abstract expressionism was the first American art that was filled with anger as well as beauty.” FirstsWellsArtFilledAbstractExpressionismAbstract Expressionism Author:Robert Motherwell
“How badly I want that nameless thing! First there must be an idea, a feeling... Maybe it was an abstract idea that you've got to find a symbol for, or maybe it was a concrete form that you have to simplify or distort to meet your ends, but that starting point must pervade the whole.” WantFirstsIdeasEndsWholeFeelingsFormDesireStartingSymbolsAbstractConcreteSimplifyStarting PointNameless Author:Emily Carr
“The test of an abstract picture, for me, is not my first reaction to it, but how long I can stand it hanging on the wall of a room where I am living.” FirstsLongI CanRoomsWallTestsReactionsAbstractHanging On Author:Bill Vaughan