Quote#Art
Subject.. ..no specific scene but many incidents. – The first word I…
Quote byArshile Gorky · 1904–1948
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: in his reply to Questionnaires of the MOMA museum, 1941.
English (original)
Subject.. ..no specific scene but many incidents. – The first word I spoke was Argula – it has no meaning. I was then five years old. Thus I called this painting 'Argula' as I was entering a new period closer to my instincts. (Technique..:) Hundreds and hundreds of layers of paint to obtain the weight of reality – Art this period I measured by weight. [mid 1930's]
— Arshile Gorky
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