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Richard Diebenkorn Quotes

With rare exceptions, I respond most to painting that cuts across grain rather than following it. I think the artist here can get in touch with that grain rather than simply feel its flow. And he really can’t cut right across it anyway Picture Quote #1

In abstract painting, I worried about the limited range of possibilities that, as time went on, became increasingly important to me. I wanted to express or deal with differences that an all-over paint and canvas ‘presence’ neutralized Picture Quote #1

My father didn’t think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. He hoped I would see my way to more serious work and would find myself turning towards medicine, law, or business Picture Quote #1

My father didn’t think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man Picture Quote #1

In a successful painting everything is integral - all the parts belong to the whole. If you remove an aspect or element you are removing its wholeness Picture Quote #1

I don’t go into the studio with the idea of ‘saying’ something. What I do is face the blank canvas and put a few arbitrary marks on it that start me on some sort of dialogue Picture Quote #1

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Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion Picture Quote #1

Mistakes can’t be erased, but they move you from your present position Picture Quote #1

I want painting to be difficult to do Picture Quote #1

If you get an image try to destroy it Picture Quote #1

One wants to see the artifice of the thing as well as the subject Picture Quote #1

Maybe the given person, cup, or landscape is lost before one gets to painting. A figure exerts a continuing and unspecified influence on a painting as the canvas develops. The represented forms are loaded with psychological feeling. It can’t ever just be painting Picture Quote #1

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And I can just see that sometimes the technique is blasting powder rather than steady struggle Picture Quote #1

I trust the symbol that is arrived at in the making of the painting. Meaningful symbols aren’t invented as such, they are made or discovered as symbol later Picture Quote #1

When I am halfway there with a painting, it can occasionally be thrilling... But it happens very rarely; usually it’s agony... I go to great pains to mask the agony. But the struggle is there. It’s the invisible enemy Picture Quote #1

I would like the colors, their shapes and positions to be arrived at in response to and dictated by the condition of the total space at the time they are considered Picture Quote #1

I keep plastering it until it comes around to what I want, in terms of all I know and think about painting now, as well as in terms of the initial observation Picture Quote #1

My father didn’t think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. He hoped I would see my way to more serious work and would find myself turning towards medicine, law, or business Picture Quote #1

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I came to mistrust my desire to explode the picture and supercharge it in some way… what is more important is a feeling of strength in reserve – tension beneath calm Picture Quote #1

My freedom consists in my moving about within the narrow frame that I have assigned myself for each one of my undertakings Picture Quote #1

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With rare exceptions, I respond most to painting that cuts across grain rather than following it. I think the artist here can get in touch with that grain rather than simply feel its flow. And he really can’t cut right across it anyway. (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) In abstract painting, I worried about the limited range of possibilities that, as time went on, became increasingly important to me. I wanted to express or deal with differences that an all-over paint and canvas ‘presence’ neutralized. (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) My father didn’t think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. He hoped I would see my way to more serious work and would find myself turning towards medicine, law, or business. (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) My father didn’t think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) In a successful painting everything is integral - all the parts belong to the whole. If you remove an aspect or element you are removing its wholeness (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) I don’t go into the studio with the idea of ‘saying’ something. What I do is face the blank canvas and put a few arbitrary marks on it that start me on some sort of dialogue (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) Mistakes can’t be erased, but they move you from your present position (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) I want painting to be difficult to do (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) If you get an image try to destroy it (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) One wants to see the artifice of the thing as well as the subject (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) Maybe the given person, cup, or landscape is lost before one gets to painting. A figure exerts a continuing and unspecified influence on a painting as the canvas develops. The represented forms are loaded with psychological feeling. It can’t ever just be painting (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) And I can just see that sometimes the technique is blasting powder rather than steady struggle (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) I trust the symbol that is arrived at in the making of the painting. Meaningful symbols aren’t invented as such, they are made or discovered as symbol later (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) When I am halfway there with a painting, it can occasionally be thrilling... But it happens very rarely; usually it’s agony... I go to great pains to mask the agony. But the struggle is there. It’s the invisible enemy (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) I would like the colors, their shapes and positions to be arrived at in response to and dictated by the condition of the total space at the time they are considered (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) I keep plastering it until it comes around to what I want, in terms of all I know and think about painting now, as well as in terms of the initial observation (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) My father didn’t think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. He hoped I would see my way to more serious work and would find myself turning towards medicine, law, or business (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) I came to mistrust my desire to explode the picture and supercharge it in some way… what is more important is a feeling of strength in reserve – tension beneath calm (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes) My freedom consists in my moving about within the narrow frame that I have assigned myself for each one of my undertakings (Richard Diebenkorn Quotes)