The impulse of modern art was this desire to destroy beauty. Barnett Newman More Quotes by Barnett Newman More Quotes From Barnett Newman I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves. Barnett Newman leaving expression art When painters feel the need to make a shift toward self-discovery, they turn to black and white for a time. Barnett Newman black-and-white self discovery Aesthetics is for the artist like ornithology is for the birds. Barnett Newman ornithology bird art A painter is a choreographer of space. Barnett Newman choreographers painter space Sculpture is what you bump into when you back up to see a painting. Barnett Newman sculpture painting bumps Painting, like passion, is a living voice, which, when I hear it, I must let it speak, unfettered. Barnett Newman painting passion voice Man's first expression, like his first dream, was an aesthetic one. Speech was a poetic outcry rather than a demand for communication. Original man, shouting his consonants, did so in yells of awe and anger at his tragic state, at his own self-awareness and at his own helplessness before the void. Barnett Newman communication dream men I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own totality, of his own separateness, of his own individuality. Barnett Newman impact feelings giving It is our function as artists to make the spectator see the world our way not his way. Barnett Newman artist way world What is the explanation of the seemingly insane drive of man to be painter and poet if it is not an act of defiance against mans fall and an assertion that he return to the Garden of Eden? For the artists are the first men. Barnett Newman garden men fall We are in the process of making the world, to a certain extent, in our own image. Barnett Newman certain process world I know that it is impossible to talk about my work. And since it's impossible for me or anybody else to talk about my work, I feel I might as well talk about it. Barnett Newman wells impossible might Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'. Barnett Newman names men art Aesthetics is to artists as ornithology is to birds. Barnett Newman ornithology artist bird From the very beginning I felt that I would do a series. Barnett Newman series felt We have lost contact with man's natural desire for the exalted, for a concern with our relation to absolute emotions. Barnett Newman emotion desire men Painting, like passion, is a living voice. Barnett Newman painting passion voice The problem of a painting is physical and metaphysical, the same as I think life is physical and metaphysical. Barnett Newman painting problem thinking
