Milton Avery Quotes
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Nature is my springboard. From her I get my initial impetus. I have tried to relate the visible drama of mountains, trees, and bleached fields with the fantasy of wind blowing and changing colors and forms.
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Keep painting - day in - day out. Be absorbed by it.
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Art is like turning corners, one never knows what is around the corner until one has made the turn.
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The idea is in my head to put it down is nothing.
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Why talk when you can paint?
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I try to construct a picture in which shapes, spaces, colors, form a set of unique relationships, independent of any subject matter. At the same time I try to capture and translate the excitement and emotion aroused in me by the impact with the original idea.