The idea is in my head to put it down is nothing.

- Milton Avery

I try to construct a picture in which shapes, spaces, colors, form a set of unique relationships, independent of any subject matter. At the same time…

- Milton Avery

Why talk when you can paint?

- Milton Avery

Keep painting - day in - day out. Be absorbed by it.

- Milton Avery

Nature is my springboard. From her I get my initial impetus. I have tried to relate the visible drama of mountains, trees, and bleached fields with t…

- Milton Avery

Art is like turning corners, one never knows what is around the corner until one has made the turn.

- Milton Avery