Top 6 Quotes by Milton Avery

Why talk when you can paint?

Art, Paint

Milton Avery, National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.), Brooklyn Museum, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts (1969). “Milton Avery”

Art is like turning corners, one never knows what is around the corner until one has made the turn.

Milton Avery

Art, Made, Turns

Milton Avery (1973). “Milton Avery drawings”

I try to construct a picture in which shapes, spaces, colors, form a set of unique relationships, independent of any subject matter. At the same time I try to capture and translate the excitement and emotion aroused in me by the impact with the original idea.

Milton Avery

Independent, Unique, Impact

Milton Avery, Ruth Fine, M. Knoedler & Co (2007). “Magical means: Milton Avery and watercolor”

Nature is my springboard. From her I get my initial impetus. I have tried to relate the visible drama of mountains, trees, and bleached fields with the fantasy of wind blowing and changing colors and forms.

Milton Avery

Nature, Drama, Wind Blowing