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Milton Avery Quotes



Quotes by Milton Avery - (5 quotes)

Milton Avery - From the Ideas category:

The idea is in my head - to put it down is nothing. (Milton Avery)

Milton Avery - From the Nature category:

Nature is my springboard. From her I get my initial impetus. I have tried to relate the visible drama of mountains, trees, and bleached fields with the fantasy of wind blowing and changing colors and forms. (Milton Avery)

Milton Avery - From the Painting category:

Keep painting - day in - day out. Be absorbed by it. (Milton Avery)

Milton Avery - From the Questions category:

Why talk when you can paint? (Milton Avery)

Milton Avery - From the Subject category:

I try to construct a picture in which shapes, spaces, colors, form a set of unique relationships, independent of any subject matter. At the same time I try to capture and translate the excitement and emotion aroused in me by the impact with the original idea. (Milton Avery)