Kooning

Famous quotes containing the word kooning:

    My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate.
    —Willem De Kooning (b. 1904)

    An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.
    —Willem De Kooning (b. 1904)

    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.
    —Willem De Kooning (b. 1904)