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Barnett Newman Quotes: When painters feel the need to make a shift toward self-discovery, they turn to black and white for a time.
         

When painters feel the need to make a shift toward self-discovery, they turn to black and white for a time.


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I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.

I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.



Aesthetics is for the artist like ornithology is for the birds.

Aesthetics is for the artist like ornithology is for the birds.



Sculpture is what you bump into when you back up to see a painting.

Sculpture is what you bump into when you back up to see a painting.



Painting, like passion, is a living voice, which, when I hear it, I must let it speak, unfettered.

Painting, like passion, is a living voice, which, when I hear it, I must let it speak, unfettered.



A painter is a choreographer of space.

A painter is a choreographer of space.



I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own totality, of his own separateness, of his own individuality.

I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own totality, of his own separateness, of his own individuality.



It is our function as artists to make the spectator see the world our way not his way.

It is our function as artists to make the spectator see the world our way not his way.



The impulse of modern art was this desire to destroy beauty.

The impulse of modern art was this desire to destroy beauty.



Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.

Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.



I know that it is impossible to talk about my work. And since it's impossible for me or anybody else to talk about my work, I feel I might as well talk about it.

I know that it is impossible to talk about my work. And since it's impossible for me or anybody else to talk about my work, I feel I might as well talk about it.





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