“The idea of an isolated American painting , so popular in this country during the thirties, seems absurd to me, just as the idea of a purely American mathematics or physics would seem absurd... And in another sense, the problem doesn't exist at all; or, if it did, would solve itself: An American is an American and his painting would naturally be qualified by the fact, whether he wills or not. But the basic problems of contemporary painting are independent of any one country.” IfsIdeasCountryFactsProblemSeemsPaintingMathematicsIndependentSolvePhysicsContemporaryAbsurdIsolatedQualified Book:Jackson Pollock, 1912-1956 Source: Jackson Pollock, 1912-1956
“In your works, you have realized what I, albeit in uncertain form, have so greatly longed for in music. The independent progress through their own destinies, the independent life of the individual voices in your compositions, is exactly what I am trying to find in my painting.” TryingFormIndividualVoiceDestinyProgressPaintingIndependentCompositionUncertainIndependent Life Author:Wassily Kandinsky
“The creative ability of an artist is manifested only if he succeeds in transforming the natural phenomena into 'another reality.' This part of the creative process as an independent element, if conscious and developed, hints at the possibility of creating a painting.” IfsRealityArtistProcessNaturalAbilityCreativityCreativePossibilityPaintingSucceedElementsCreatingConsciousIndependentCreative ProcessTransformingHintsNatural Phenomena Author:Frantisek Kupka