Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask. – Robert Motherwell
If you can’t find your inspiration by walking around the block one time, go around two blocks-but never three. – Robert Motherwell
Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail. – Robert Motherwell
It’s not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It’s more like you blurt something out and then analyze it. – Robert Motherwell
