I met David Smith through my former wife, Cornelia, who'd studied with him.

- Kenneth Noland

Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time.

- Kenneth Noland

Context begins with other artists - seniors and mentors.

- Kenneth Noland

In the '50s Morris Louis and I were not known, David Smith and Helen Frankenthaler were not much known.

- Kenneth Noland

With artists of my own generation there was at first no group identity - and never a clique.

- Kenneth Noland

I think of painting without subject matter as music without words.

- Kenneth Noland

I've also been willing to share any help that I could give to any other artist.

- Kenneth Noland

For me context is the key - from that comes the understanding of everything.

- Kenneth Noland

As time goes on, I realize more and more that, beginning in the early 30's, David Smith began setting the precedent for what was to come later for ma…

- Kenneth Noland