Quotes by Robert Motherwell

About Robert Motherwell:

Robert Motherwell was an American painter, printmaker, and editor. He was one of the youngest of the New York School (a phrase he coined), which also included Philip Guston, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko.
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It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.

Robert Motherwell

Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask.

Robert Motherwell

Wherever art appears, life disappears.

Robert Motherwell

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.

Robert Motherwell

Collage is the twentieth century's greatest innovation

Robert Motherwell

Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail.

Robert Motherwell

If you can't find your inspiration by walking around the block one time, go around two blocks-but never three.

Robert Motherwell

It's not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It's more like you blurt something out and then analyze it.

Robert Motherwell

Author Bio

  • NameRobert Motherwell
  • DescriptionAmerican artist
  • BornJanuary 24, 1915
  • DiedJuly 16, 1991
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPainter
  • WorksJe T'aime No. IV
  • AwardsNational Medal Of Arts