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Helen Frankenthaler Quotes

A really good picture looks as if it’s happened at once. It’s an immediate image Picture Quote #1

In relations with people, as in art, if you always stick to style, manners, and what will work, and you’re never caught off guard, then some beautiful experiences never happen Picture Quote #1

What concerns me when I work, is not whether the picture is a landscape, or whether it’s pastoral, or whether somebody will see a sunset in it. What concerns me is - did I make a beautiful picture? Picture Quote #1

The landscapes were in my arms as I did it Picture Quote #1

I wanted things that I couldn’t at times articulate Picture Quote #1

I follow the rules until I go against them all Picture Quote #1

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Every canvas is a journey all its own Picture Quote #1

There are no rules. Let the picture lead you where it must go Picture Quote #1

The question of sex will take care of itself Picture Quote #1

There are no rules. That is how art is born, how breakthroughs happen. Go against the rules or ignore the rules. That is what invention is about Picture Quote #1

We would sift through every inch of what it was that worked, or if it didn’t, and wonder what was effective in it, in terms of paint, the subject matter, the size, the drawing Picture Quote #1

A really good picture looks as if it’s happened at once. It’s an immediate image Picture Quote #1

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One really beautiful wrist motion, that is synchronised with your head and heart, and you have it. It looks as if it were born in a minute Picture Quote #1

I have always been concerned with painting that simultaneously insists on a flat surface and then denies it Picture Quote #1

It was as if I suddenly went to a foreign country but didn’t know the language, but had read enough and had a passionate interest, and was eager to live there… …and master the language Picture Quote #1

In relations with people, as in art, if you always stick to style, manners, and what will work, and you’re never caught off guard, then some beautiful experiences never happen Picture Quote #1

What has made it work, or what makes certain paintings successful or not, has to do with my being a painter and a thinking, feeling person, more than my sex, color, height, origin Picture Quote #1

I’ve explored a variety of directions and themes over the years. But I think in my painting you can see the signature of one artist, the work of one wrist Picture Quote #1

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A picture that is beautiful, or that comes off, or that works, looks as if it was all made at one stroke Picture Quote #1

I had the landscape in my arms as I painted it. I had the landscape in my mind and shoulder and wrist Picture Quote #1

I don’t start with a color order, but find the colors as I go Picture Quote #1

I don’t resent being a female painter. I don’t exploit it. I paint Picture Quote #1

I’d rather risk an ugly surprise than rely on things I know I can do Picture Quote #1

Whatever the medium, there is the difficulty, challenge, fascination and often productive clumsiness of learning a new method: the wonderful puzzles and problems of translating with new materials Picture Quote #1

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Art has a will of its own. It has nothing to do with the taste of the moment or what’s expected of you. That’s a formula for dead art, or fashionable art Picture Quote #1

You have to know how to use the accident, how to recognise it, how to control it, and ways to eliminate it so that the whole surface looks felt and born all at once Picture Quote #1

In the 50s Morris Louis and I were not known, David Smith and Helen Frankenthaler were not much known Picture Quote #1

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A really good picture looks as if it’s happened at once. It’s an immediate image. (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) In relations with people, as in art, if you always stick to style, manners, and what will work, and you’re never caught off guard, then some beautiful experiences never happen. (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) What concerns me when I work, is not whether the picture is a landscape, or whether it’s pastoral, or whether somebody will see a sunset in it. What concerns me is - did I make a beautiful picture? (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) The landscapes were in my arms as I did it (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) I wanted things that I couldn’t at times articulate (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) I follow the rules until I go against them all (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) Every canvas is a journey all its own (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) There are no rules. Let the picture lead you where it must go (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) The question of sex will take care of itself (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) There are no rules. That is how art is born, how breakthroughs happen. Go against the rules or ignore the rules. That is what invention is about (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) We would sift through every inch of what it was that worked, or if it didn’t, and wonder what was effective in it, in terms of paint, the subject matter, the size, the drawing (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) A really good picture looks as if it’s happened at once. It’s an immediate image (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) One really beautiful wrist motion, that is synchronised with your head and heart, and you have it. It looks as if it were born in a minute (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) I have always been concerned with painting that simultaneously insists on a flat surface and then denies it (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) It was as if I suddenly went to a foreign country but didn’t know the language, but had read enough and had a passionate interest, and was eager to live there… …and master the language (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) In relations with people, as in art, if you always stick to style, manners, and what will work, and you’re never caught off guard, then some beautiful experiences never happen (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) What has made it work, or what makes certain paintings successful or not, has to do with my being a painter and a thinking, feeling person, more than my sex, color, height, origin (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) I’ve explored a variety of directions and themes over the years. But I think in my painting you can see the signature of one artist, the work of one wrist (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) A picture that is beautiful, or that comes off, or that works, looks as if it was all made at one stroke (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) I had the landscape in my arms as I painted it. I had the landscape in my mind and shoulder and wrist (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) I don’t start with a color order, but find the colors as I go (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) I don’t resent being a female painter. I don’t exploit it. I paint (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) I’d rather risk an ugly surprise than rely on things I know I can do (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) Whatever the medium, there is the difficulty, challenge, fascination and often productive clumsiness of learning a new method: the wonderful puzzles and problems of translating with new materials (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) Art has a will of its own. It has nothing to do with the taste of the moment or what’s expected of you. That’s a formula for dead art, or fashionable art (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) You have to know how to use the accident, how to recognise it, how to control it, and ways to eliminate it so that the whole surface looks felt and born all at once (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes) In the 50s Morris Louis and I were not known, David Smith and Helen Frankenthaler were not much known (Helen Frankenthaler Quotes)