5 quotes
My concern is never art, but always what art can be used for.
The Daily Practice of Painting, Writings (1962)
The idea that art copies nature is a fatal misconception. Art has always operated against nature and for reason.
The Daily Practice of Painting, Writings (1962)
Art serves to establish community. It links us with others and with the things around us, in a shared vision and effort.
The Daily Practice of Painting, Writings (1962)
Strange though this may sound, not knowing where one is going – being lost, being a loser – reveals the greatest possible faith and optimism, as against collective security and collective significance. To believe, one must have lost God; to paint, one must have lost art.
The Daily Practice of Painting, Writings (1962)
To defend painting: One has to believe in what one is doing, one has to commit oneself inwardly, in order to do painting. Once obsessed, one ultimately carries it to the point of believing that one might change human beings through painting. But if one lacks this passionate commitment, there is nothing left to do. Then it is best to leave it alone. For basically painting is pure idiocy.
The Daily Practice of Painting, Writings (1962)