Author: Willem de Kooning

Quotes

The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.

The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.

- Willem de Kooning

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

- Willem de Kooning

An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.

An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.

- Willem de Kooning

I make pictures and someone comes in and calls it art.

I make pictures and someone comes in and calls it art.

- Willem de Kooning

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