Milton Avery Quotations

Keep painting - day in - day out. Be absorbed by it.

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.

The idea is in my head to put it down is nothing.

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.

Art is like turning corners, one never knows what is around the corner until one has made the turn.

Why talk when you can paint?