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“As far as I was concerned, with the early paintings, I liked them, I thought they were pretty good, but I didn't think it was the end of the world. I also thought of it as a kind of structure, a base to build on. So this proves I can do this and that, and they don't collapse, so then what can I do from here? How can I build on it?”

Thinking World Kind I Can Ends Can Do Painting Prove Concerned Structure Collapse End Of The World I Can Do This

Author:Frank Stella

“Pure painting or the art of drawing whose point of departure is based on purely formal criteria is,in my opinion,passé. I do not reject it if other artists make attempts,but as far as I am concerned,this is what I believe. if I do not place a text next to my drawings,I consider the work on such programmes to be futile.”

Ifs Believe Art Artist Next I Believe Opinion Painting Pure Concerned Drawing Rejects Formal Criteria Departure Programmes

Author:Gunter Brus

“Painting myself for others, I have painted my inward self with colors clearer than my original ones. I have no more made my book than my book has made me--a book consubstantial with its author, concerned with my own self, an integral part of my life; not concerned with some third-hand, extraneous purpose, like all other books.”

Made Book Self Hands Purpose My Own Color Painting Concerned Thirds Originals Inward

Book:The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters

Source: The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters

“My work is an exploration of the self. I've always been concerned with how I'm living and how that reflects in the painting.”

Self Painting Concerned Exploration

Author:Jose Parla

“You see, for me a painting is a dramatic action in the course of which the reality finds itself split apart. For me, that dramatic action takes precedence over all other considerations. The pure plastic act is only secondary as far as I'm concerned. What counts is the drama of that plastic art, the moment at which the universe comes out of itself and meets its own destruction.”

Art Moments Reality Action Universe Courses Painting Drama Pure Concerned Destruction Dramatic Consideration Plastic Splits Precedence

Author:Francoise Gilot

“Generally, I am opposed to painting which is concerned with conceptions of simplicity. Everything looks busy to me.”

Looks Painting Concerned Busy Simplicity Conception

Book:Jasper Johns: A Retrospective

Source: Jasper Johns: A Retrospective

“Painting is concerned with the ten things you can see: these are darkness and brightness, substance and color, form and place, remoteness and nearness, movement and rest.”

Form Darkness Movement Color Painting Ten Concerned Substance Brightness Remoteness

Book:Leonardo da Vinci's advice to artists

Source: Leonardo da Vinci's advice to artists