Quotes by Barnett Newman

About Barnett Newman:

Barnett Newman is seen as one of the major figures in abstract expressionism and one of the foremost of the color field painters. His paintings are existential in tone and content, explicitly composed with the intention of communicating a sense of locality, presence, and contingency.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.

Barnett Newman

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.

Barnett Newman

I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.

Barnett Newman

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

Barnett Newman

Man's first expression, like his first dream, was an aesthetic one. Speech was a poetic outcry rather than a demand for communication. Original man, shouting his consonants, did so in yells of awe and anger at his tragic state, at his own self-awaren...

Barnett Newman

Author Bio

  • NameBarnett Newman
  • DescriptionAmerican artist
  • BornJanuary 29, 1905
  • DiedJuly 4, 1970
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPainter; Sculptor
  • WorksVoice Of Fire