Every man becomes, to a certain degree, what the people he generally converses with are.

Quote by Robert Motherwell

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Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you...

Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you...

If you can't find your inspiration by walking around the block one time, go around...

If you can't find your inspiration by walking around the block one time, go around...

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.

It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.

It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.

Wherever art appears, life disappears.

Wherever art appears, life disappears.

Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that....

Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that....

A painting is like a man. If you can live without it, then there isn't...

A painting is like a man. If you can live without it, then there isn't...

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of...

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of...

If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects;...

If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects;...

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most...

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most...

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

I've been doing a lot of abstract painting lately, extremely abstract. No brush, no paint,...

I've been doing a lot of abstract painting lately, extremely abstract. No brush, no paint,...

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be...

I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be...

I did my sculpture as a painter. I did not work as a sculptor.

I did my sculpture as a painter. I did not work as a sculptor.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

I inherited a painting and a violin which turned out to be a Rembrandt and...

I inherited a painting and a violin which turned out to be a Rembrandt and...