Kenneth Noland Quotes

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

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.

Pollock was well known, certainly, but for all the wrong reasons. He was known as much for being wild and unconventional in his working methods as for being a great artist.

I’ve also been willing to share any help that I could give to any other artist.

I think of painting without subject matter as music without words.