There are no rules. Let the picture lead you where it must go.

- Helen Frankenthaler

I follow the rules until I go against them all.

- 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

I'd rather risk an ugly surprise than rely on things I know I can do.

- 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…

- Helen Frankenthaler

Every canvas is a journey all its own.

- Helen Frankenthaler

I wanted things that I couldn't at times articulate.

- Helen Frankenthaler

A picture that is beautiful, or that comes off, or that works, looks as if it was all made at one stroke.

- 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.

- Helen Frankenthaler