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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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An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.
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Spiritually I am wherever my spirit allows me to be, and that is not necessarily in the future... Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.
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I have to change to stay the same.
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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.
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Art should not have to be a certain way.
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Yes, I am influenced by everbody. But every time I put my hands in my pockets I find someone else's fingers there.
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I'd like to get all the colors in the world into one painting
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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 problem with property is that it takes so much of your time.
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