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Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists.
Willem de Kooning
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Willem de Kooning
Age: 92 †
Born: 1904
Born: April 24
Died: 1997
Died: March 19
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If you're an artist, the problem is to make a picture work whether you are happy or not.
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In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of trembling, for instance, all of a sudden most art starts to tremble. Michelangelo starts to tremble. El Greco starts to tremble. All the Impressionists start to tremble.
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Watercolors is the first and the last thing an artist does.
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Im not someone whos ever said anything definitive about his work. In my life also I have very little fixed form. I can change overnight.
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