Robert Motherwell on Mind
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Robert Motherwell, catalogued under mind, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Robert Motherwell, entry #94920: "We must remember that ideas modify feelings. The anti-intellectualism of English and American artists has led them to the error of not perceiving the connection between the feelin…"
Attributed to Robert Motherwell, entry #181145: "Well, Mondrian is absolute, and is pure, and those are real aspirations of our . When I say 'pure', I don't mean 'clean' . I don't think Mondrian himself did; I knew him when he w…"
2 Quotes by Robert Motherwell on Mind
"We must remember that ideas modify feelings. The anti-intellectualism of English and American artists has led them to the error of not perceiving the connection between the feeling of modern forms and modern ideas. By feeling is meant the response of the 'body-and-mind' as a whole to the events of reality."
"Well, Mondrian is absolute, and is pure, and those are real aspirations of our . When I say 'pure', I don't mean 'clean' . I don't think Mondrian himself did; I knew him when he was here during the war. He went to an exhibition by the Surrealist, Tanguy, and was asked what he thought, and he said he would like Tanguy's pictures better if they were dirtier, that for him they were to clean... .I think he meant that when they were to 'clean', they were essentially lifeless, statuesque, unrevised. As for me, I must say, Mondrian's painting is intensely rhythmic, warm, passionate - restricted as the means ostensibly seem to me."