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Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Painter · American · 1915 – 1991

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A main part of the struggle of art has been to make an art that is direct, simple, humane, unconnected with powers that be in their essence... To the degree that it is connected with the bourgeoisie via the marketplace and so on is not necessarily an artist's problem.
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To end up with a canvas that is no less beautiful than the empty canvas is to begin with.
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It's not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It's more like you blurt something out and then analyze it.
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Art is an experience, not an object.
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Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.
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