Who Said There Is No Such Thing as Abstract Art You Must Always Start With Something

Herschel Browning Chip (1968, p. 270).
Other translation:
Abstract art is but painting. And what'southward so dramatic about that? At that place is no abstruse art. One must e'er begin with something. Afterwards one can remove all semblance of reality.
Richard Friedenthal (1968, p. 256-7).
Longer version:
Abstract art is merely painting. And what's then dramatic about that? There is no abstract art. One must always begin with something. Afterwards ane tin can remove all semblance of reality; there is no longer any danger equally the idea of the object has left an enduring imprint. It is the object which angry the creative person, stimulated his ideas and set of his emotions. These ideas and emotions volition be imprisoned in his work for good.. .Whether he wants it or not, man is the instrument of nature; she imposes on him character and appearance. In my paintings of Dinard, equally in my paintings of Purville, I have given expression to more or less the same vision.. .. You cannot go against nature. She is stronger than the strongest of men. We can allow ourselves some liberties, but in details but (Boisgeloup, wintertime 1934).
As quoted in Futurism, ed. Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / v Continents Editions, Milan, 2008, p. 313
Quotes, 1930's, "Conversations avec Picasso," 1934–35
Context: Abstract fine art is but painting. What about drama?
There is no abstract fine art. Yous ever commencement with something. Afterward you tin remove all traces of reality.

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update Sept. xiv, 2021.

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„The relation between the artist and reality is an oblique one, and indeed there is no proficient art which is not consciously oblique. If you respect the reality of the earth, you know that yous can approach that reality only by indirect means."

—  Richard Wilbur American poet 1921 - 2017

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