A painter is a choreographer of space.
When painters feel the need to make a shift toward self-discovery, they turn to black and white for a time. - Barnett Newman
When painters feel the need to make a shift toward self-discovery, they turn to black and white for a time.
- Barnett Newman
The impulse of modern art was this desire to destroy beauty. - Barnett Newman
The impulse of modern art was this desire to destroy beauty.
Aesthetics is for the artist like ornithology is for the birds. - Barnett Newman
Aesthetics is for the artist like ornithology is for the birds.
Sculpture is what you bump into when you back up to see a painting. - Barnett Newman
Sculpture is what you bump into when you back up to see a painting.
Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'. - Barnett Newman
Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
A painter is a choreographer of space. - Barnett Newman
I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves. - Barnett Newman
I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.
Painting, like passion, is a living voice, which, when I hear it, I must let it speak, unfettered. - Barnett Newman
Painting, like passion, is a living voice, which, when I hear it, I must let it speak, unfettered.
I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own totality, of his own separateness, of his own individu… - Barnett Newman
I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own totality, of his own separateness, of his own individu…
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