Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists.

Quote by Willem De Kooning

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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.

Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.

Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.

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....

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.

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

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

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...

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.