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Kenneth Noland
American
Artist
About the author
I think of painting without subject matter as music without words.
Kenneth Noland,
American
Artist
#Words
#Music
#Painting
I've also been willing to share any help that I could give to any other artist.
Kenneth Noland,
American
Artist
#Help
#Artist
With artists of my own generation there was at first no group identity - and never a clique.
Kenneth Noland,
American
Artist
#First
#Artists
#Identity
Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time.
Kenneth Noland,
American
Artist
#Time
#Right
#First
The scene then as now was centered in New York. For the most part, I've kept a bit apart from that attractive and seductive city. I've done it by living in the country within commuting distance.
Kenneth Noland,
American
Artist
#Now
#Country
#Living
In the '50s Morris Louis and I were not known, David Smith and Helen Frankenthaler were not much known.
Kenneth Noland,
American
Artist
As time goes on, I realize more and more that, beginning in the early 30's, David Smith began setting the precedent for what was to come later for many of us.
Kenneth Noland,
American
Artist
#Time
#Beginning
For me context is the key - from that comes the understanding of everything.
Kenneth Noland,
American
Artist
#Understanding
#Key
Context begins with other artists - seniors and mentors.
Kenneth Noland,
American
Artist
#Artists
#Mentors
Clem had made it known that Pollock was a great painter.
Kenneth Noland,
American
Artist
Because of this the representation I'm interested in is of those things only the eye can touch.
Kenneth Noland,
American
Artist
#Eye
Pollock was well known, certainly, but for all the wrong reasons. He was known as much for being wild and unconventional in his working methods as for being a great artist.
Kenneth Noland,
American
Artist
#Being
#Wrong
#Artist
I met David Smith through my former wife, Cornelia, who'd studied with him.
Kenneth Noland,
American
Artist
#Wife