To come to the studio and start to paint just cubes and circles is in …

To come to the studio and start to paint just cubes and circles is in a sense to deny everything one has seen all day.

Source

Bearden's journal, about 1951; quoted in Will Barnet's tribute, American Academy of Arts and Letters, April 4, 1989

form: essay
work: Journal

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“To come to the studio and start to paint just cubes and circ…” Romare Bearden. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-39A955427E. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/39a955427e

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