An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.

Quote by Willem De Kooning

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Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.

Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.

The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is...

The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is...

My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate....

My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate....

Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area...

Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area...

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

I make pictures and someone comes in and calls it art.

I make pictures and someone comes in and calls it art.

I don't paint to live, I live to paint.

I don't paint to live, I live to paint.

Style is a fraud. I always felt the Greeks were hiding behind their columns.

Style is a fraud. I always felt the Greeks were hiding behind their columns.

GOP strategists hope the revelation of Kerry's wealth might debunk his status as a, quote,...

GOP strategists hope the revelation of Kerry's wealth might debunk his status as a, quote,...

Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other.

Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other.

Love could be a fraud. An emotion sneaking up on you without you knowing it.

Love could be a fraud. An emotion sneaking up on you without you knowing it.

Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor.

Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

Yes! Finally captured Martha Stewart. You know, with all the massive and almost completely unpunished...

Yes! Finally captured Martha Stewart. You know, with all the massive and almost completely unpunished...

Fraud is the daughter of greed.

Fraud is the daughter of greed.

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently...

It is fraud to conceal fraud

It is fraud to conceal fraud