Top 25 Quotes by Willem de Kooning of 54 - Page 3

Watercolors is the first and the last thing an artist does.

Watercolors is the first and the last thing an artist does.

Artist, Doe, Lasts

And then there is that one-man movement, Marcel Duchamp for me a truly modern movement because it implies that each artist can do what he thinks he ought to a movement for each person and open for everybody.

Willem de Kooning

Artist, Men, Thinking

Willem De Kooning (1979). “Willem de Kooning: Pittsburgh International Series, October 26, 1979-January 6, 1980, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute”

I read somewhere that Rubens said students should not draw from life, but draw from all the great classic casts. Then you really get the measure of them, you really know what to do. And then, put in your own dimples. Isn't that marvelous!

Willem de Kooning

Dimples, Classic, Students

Willem De Kooning (1979). “Willem de Kooning: Pittsburgh International Series, October 26, 1979-January 6, 1980, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute”