Carolina QuotesPicasso loved depicting. He didn't love painting. It's always more like filling in for Picasso. But you can see that Matisse loved the stuff. He loved making it thin, loved moving it around.
Kenneth Noland Carolinian
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Kenneth Noland, p. 14
- work
- "Conversation with Karen Wilkin" (1986-1988)
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- 1986
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- p. 14
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“Picasso loved depicting. He didn't love painting. It's alway…” Kenneth Noland. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-4BD3A7CBED. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/4bd3a7cbed
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