Top 13 Quotes by Kenneth Noland

Clem had made it known that Pollock was a great painter.

In the '50s Morris Louis and I were not known, David Smith and Helen Frankenthaler were not much known.

Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time.

The scene then as now was centered in New York. For the most part, I've kept a bit apart from that attractive and seductive city. I've done it by living in the country within commuting distance.

I met David Smith through my former wife, Cornelia, who'd studied with him.

For me context is the key - from that comes the understanding of everything.

Context begins with other artists - seniors and mentors.

With artists of my own generation there was at first no group identity - and never a clique.

Because of this the representation I'm interested in is of those things only the eye can touch.

As time goes on, I realize more and more that, beginning in the early 30's, David Smith began setting the precedent for what was to come later for many of us.