Western artists stand as humans looking at nature; Asian artists try to be in nature. You become one with nature rather than painting a portrait of it. That's a big shift.
I'm very much involved with Asian art and its theory and practice, mainly Chinese because that was quite sophisticated. I tend to look at that more t… - Brice Marden
I'm very much involved with Asian art and its theory and practice, mainly Chinese because that was quite sophisticated. I tend to look at that more t…
- Brice Marden
I've always worn a hat when I work. I think it also comes from a picture of Rothko I saw with a painter's hat on. - Brice Marden
I've always worn a hat when I work. I think it also comes from a picture of Rothko I saw with a painter's hat on.
Painters are amongst the priests - worker priests of the cult of man - searching to understand but never know. - Brice Marden
Painters are amongst the priests - worker priests of the cult of man - searching to understand but never know.
I think abstraction is a very rich area. And it is upsetting that people seem to have some fear of it. I'm constantly making these statements about h… - Brice Marden
I think abstraction is a very rich area. And it is upsetting that people seem to have some fear of it. I'm constantly making these statements about h…
Holding together a kind of tension. When you see a painting that's really good that's what it's doing. - Brice Marden
Holding together a kind of tension. When you see a painting that's really good that's what it's doing.
Western artists stand as humans looking at nature; Asian artists try to be in nature. You become one with nature rather than painting a portrait of i… - Brice Marden
Western artists stand as humans looking at nature; Asian artists try to be in nature. You become one with nature rather than painting a portrait of i…
Abstraction has always been around, since the drawings in the caves. It exists in all cultures all over the world. I thought for a while that it was … - Brice Marden
Abstraction has always been around, since the drawings in the caves. It exists in all cultures all over the world. I thought for a while that it was …
Western art has a certain relationship to nature. - Brice Marden
Western art has a certain relationship to nature.
The possibilities of thought training are infinite, its consequences eternal, and yet few take the pains to direct their thinking into channels that … - Brice Marden
The possibilities of thought training are infinite, its consequences eternal, and yet few take the pains to direct their thinking into channels that …
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