“I like things that reach a little further and are a little more abstract, but I don't think that's what I do naturally well. How I write naturally is probably what's furthest from me, and the most removed from what I understand.” ThinkingWritingWellsLittlesAbstract Author:Ryan Adams
“I shall never forget what I saw at the Museum of Modern Art: in a spotless schoolroom, fifty little girls painting away at tables covered with brushes, pots, tubes, bowls, staring into space and sticking out their tongues like the clever animals that ring a bell, tongues lolling and eyes vague. Teachers supervise these young creators of abstract art and slap their wrists if what they paint represents something and dangerously inclines toward realism. The mothers - still at the Picasso stage - are not admitted.” IfsLittlesArtStillsEyeYoungMotherGirlSpaceForgetAnimalSawsTeacherModernStagePaintingTablesPaintCreatorTongueRingsCleverStaringAbstractFiftyNever ForgetCoveredMuseumsPotBellsRealismBowlsVagueBrushesModernismSlapTubesWristsModern ArtInclineAbstract ArtSticking OutStaring Into Space Author:Jean Cocteau
“If you seek just a little truth, as most, you should not ignore abstract forms, the basis from which all short-lived experiences we call reality springs.” IfsShouldLittlesArtRealityFormSpringBasesAbstractShort Lived Author:Eugene J. Martin
“Maybe I was a little jealous or envious of the abstract painters - but the truth was I thought what they were doing was boring.” LittlesBoringPainterJealousyAbstractJealousEnvious Book:Larry Rivers: paintings and drawings: 1951-2001 ; May 3-June 4, 2005 Source: Larry Rivers: paintings and drawings: 1951-2001 ; May 3-June 4, 2005