Quotes by Richard Diebenkorn

About Richard Diebenkorn:

Richard Diebenkorn is associated with abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. His later work (best known as the Ocean Park paintings) were instrumental to his achievement of worldwide acclaim.
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My insights come in periods of working. There are wonderful moments of surprise, but I'm superstitious enough not to want to talk about them.

Richard Diebenkorn

My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man.

Richard Diebenkorn

I want a painting to be difficult to do. The more obstacles, obstructions, problems - if they don't overwhelm - the better. I would like to feel that I am involved at any stage of the painting with all its moments, not just this 'now' moment where a ...

Richard Diebenkorn

With rare exceptions, I respond most to painting that cuts across grain rather than following it. I think the artist here can get in touch with that grain rather than simply feel its flow. And he really can't cut right across it anyway.

Richard Diebenkorn

Abstract means literally to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract.

Richard Diebenkorn

In abstract painting, I worried about the limited range of possibilities that, as time went on, became increasingly important to me. I wanted to express or deal with differences that an all-over paint and canvas 'presence' neutralized.

Richard Diebenkorn

Author Bio

  • NameRichard Diebenkorn
  • DescriptionAmerican painter
  • BornApril 22, 1922
  • DiedMarch 30, 1993
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPainter