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Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.
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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Maybe in that earlier phase I was painting the woman in me. Art isn't a wholly masculine occupation, you know.
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I might work on a painting for a month, but it has too look like I painted it in a minute.
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The idea of space is given to the artist to change if he can. The subject matter in the abstract is space.
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If I stretch my arms and wonder where my fingers are - that is all the space I need as a painter.
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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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