What is the explanation of the seemingly insane drive of man to be painter and poet if it is not an act of defiance against mans fall and an assertion that he return to the Garden of Eden? For the artists are the first men.
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
A painter is a choreographer of space. - Barnett Newman
A painter is a choreographer of space.
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'.
The impulse of modern art was this desire to destroy beauty. - Barnett Newman
The impulse of modern art was this desire to destroy beauty.
I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves. - Barnett Newman
I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.
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.
Aesthetics is for the artist like ornithology is for the birds. - Barnett Newman
Aesthetics is for the artist like ornithology is for the birds.
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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