Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.

Quote by Willem De Kooning

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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...

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.

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....

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...

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.

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

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

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,...

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame

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.

Prohibition was introduced as a fraud; it has been nursed as a fraud.

Prohibition was introduced as a fraud; it has been nursed as a fraud.

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

It is fraud to conceal fraud

It is fraud to conceal fraud

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they...

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they...

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

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...