Mary Heilmann Professions : Artist Born : 1940 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Mary Heilmann Painting a line across canvas with a brush is similar to the motion of a wave breaking. Mary Heilmann waves-breaking painting lines One thing that really interests me is-and it comes out of Chinese and Japanese painting-where you have a number of different kinds of space in the same painting. You have a kind of deep space, and then you have something like right up on the surface. Mary Heilmann chinese space numbers Simple ideas become obsessions, almost like a meditation. Mary Heilmann meditation simple ideas Similar Authors Burton Silverman artist Bruce Nauman artist Bruce Conner artist Brom artist Britney Spears artist Brigid Berlin artist All Authors