Kenneth Noland Quotes

#1. In the '50s Morris Louis and I were not known, David Smith and Helen Frankenthaler were not much known.

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#2. Because of this the representation I'm interested in is of those things only the eye can touch.

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#3. I met David Smith through my former wife, Cornelia, who'd studied with him.

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#4. With artists of my own generation there was at first no group identity - and never a clique.

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#5. The scene then as now was centered in New York. For the most part, I've kept a bit apart from that attractive and seductive city. I've done it by living in the country within commuting distance.

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#6. As time goes on, I realize more and more that, beginning in the early 30's, David Smith began setting the precedent for what was to come later for many of us.

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#7. Pollock was well known, certainly, but for all the wrong reasons. He was known as much for being wild and unconventional in his working methods as for being a great artist.

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#8. Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time.

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#9. I think of painting without subject matter as music without words.

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#10. Clem had made it known that Pollock was a great painter.

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#11. For me context is the key - from that comes the understanding of everything.

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#12. Context begins with other artists - seniors and mentors.

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#13. I've also been willing to share any help that I could give to any other artist.

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