Quote: My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate. [Willem De Kooning]
Quote: 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. [Willem De Kooning]
Quote: Style is a fraud. I always felt the Greeks were hiding behind their columns. [Willem De Kooning]
Quote: An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will. [Willem De Kooning]
Quote: In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of trembling, for instance, all of a sudden most art starts to tremble. Michelangelo starts to tremble. El Greco starts to tremble. All the Impressionists start to tremble. [Willem De Kooning]