Every so often every artist feels, 'I'll never paint again. The muse has gone out the window.' In 1985, I hardly painted at all for three months, and it was agonizing. I looked at reproductions. I stared at Matisse. I stared at the Old Masters. I stared at the Quattrocento. And I thought to myself - Don't push it! If you try too hard to get at something, you almost push it away.
There are no rules. Let the picture lead you where it must go. - Helen Frankenthaler
There are no rules. Let the picture lead you where it must go.
- Helen Frankenthaler
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 b… - Helen Frankenthaler
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 b…
I follow the rules until I go against them all. - Helen Frankenthaler
I follow the rules until I go against them all.
I'd rather risk an ugly surprise than rely on things I know I can do. - Helen Frankenthaler
I'd rather risk an ugly surprise than rely on things I know I can do.
Every canvas is a journey all its own. - Helen Frankenthaler
Every canvas is a journey all its own.
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
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.
I wanted things that I couldn't at times articulate. - Helen Frankenthaler
I wanted things that I couldn't at times articulate.
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 beautifu… - Helen Frankenthaler
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 beautifu…
A picture that is beautiful, or that comes off, or that works, looks as if it was all made at one stroke. - Helen Frankenthaler
A picture that is beautiful, or that comes off, or that works, looks as if it was all made at one stroke.
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