The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.
Meaning of the quote
Being poor means you have to spend a lot of time just trying to survive and take care of your basic needs. This leaves you with little time to do other things you might want to do, like learn new skills or pursue your interests. Poverty can make it very difficult to focus on anything else besides meeting your immediate needs.
More quotes from Willem de Kooning
The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.
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The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.
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An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.
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I make pictures and someone comes in and calls it art.
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Style is a fraud. I always felt the Greeks were hiding behind their columns.
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