Barnett Newman quotes - page 2

..[by making his work 'Onement', in 1948]..from then on I had to give up any relation to nature, as seen [by himself till then]. That doesn't mean that I think my things are mathematical or removed from life. By 'nature' I mean something very specific. I think that some abstractions - for example Kandinsky's - are really nature paintings. The triangles and the spheres or circles could be bottles. They could be trees, or buildings. I think that in 'Euclydean Abyss' and 'Onement' I removed myself from nature. But I did not remove myself from life. (Barnett Newman)
A painter is a choreographer of space. View quote
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It is our function as artists to make the spectator see the world our way not his way. View quote
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The impulse of modern art was this desire to destroy beauty. View quote
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Painting, like passion, is a living voice. View quote
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Consequently if our work embodies these beliefs, it must insult anyone who is spiritually attuned to interior decoration; pictures for the home... View quote
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I think every man is an artist. View quote
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We feel that our pictures demonstrate our aesthetic beliefs, some of which we, therefore, list:. View quote
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We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the nequivocal. We wish to reassert the picture plane. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth. View quote
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