An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.

—Willem de Kooning

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About Willem de Kooning

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Willem de Kooning ( də KOO-ning, Dutch: [ˈʋɪləm də ˈkoːnɪŋ]; April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married painter Elaine Fried.

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I don't paint to live, I live to paint.

—Willem de Kooning

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Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.

—Willem de Kooning

I make pictures and someone comes in and calls it art.

—Willem de Kooning

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.

—Willem de Kooning

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I couldn't escape him, now or ever. He'd always be there, consuming my every thought, my heart locked in his hands. I was drawn to him by forces I couldn't control, let alone escape.

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I have come gradually to understand that the liberal arts cliché about teaching you how to think is actually shorthand for a much deeper, more serious idea: learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed. Think of the old cliché about quote the mind being an excellent servant but a terrible master.

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You will never find time for anything. If you want time, then you must make it.

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