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Quotes from Artists' Session at Studio 35 — William Baziotes

1912–1963 United States

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I consider my painting finished when my eyes goes to a particular spot on the canvas. But if I put the picture away about thirty feet on the wall and the movements keep returning to me and the eye seems to be responding to something living, then it is finished.

Artists' Session at Studio 35 (1950)

I think the reason we [Baziotes himself and Richard Lippold ] begin in a different way, is that this particular time has gotten to a point where the artist feels like a gambler. He does something on the canvas and takes a chance in the hope that something important will be revealed.

Artists' Session at Studio 35 (1950)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Baziotes (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.