Арши́л Го́рки — американский художник армянского происхождения, один из основателей абстрактного экспрессионизма. Считается одним из влиятельных американских художников XX века, его картины выставлены во всех крупнейших галереях США, а также в лондонской галерее Тейт. Wikipedia
“It would be a sad thing for an artist if he knew how to paint.”
so sad. An artist paints because it is a challenge to him – it is like trying to twist the devil. If you overcome it, there is no sport left. I don't even like to talk about painting. It is impossible to talk about painting because I don't know what it is. If I knew what it was I would get out a patent and then no one else would be able to paint.
1942 - 1948, A Painter in a Glass House' (1948)
“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]
in his reply to Questionnaires of the MOMA museum, 1941
Gorky's quote refers on his multi-layered painting technique Gorky applied those days
1930 - 1941
