“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be
seen or even touched, but must be felt with the heart.” -Helen Keller
"Women can also be creative in total isolation. I know
excellent women artists who do original work without any response to speak of.
Maybe they are used to lack of feedback. Maybe they are tougher." -Elaine
de Kooning
Elaine Kooning (March 12, 1918 - February 1, 1989)
"Elaine Marie Catherine de Kooning was an Abstract Expressionist
and Figurative Expressionist painter in the post-World War II era. She
wrote extensively on the art of the period and was an editorial
associate for Art News magazine."
"I have always wanted my art to
service my people - to reflect us, to relate to us, to stimulate us, to make us
aware of our potential. We have to create an art for liberation and for life." Elizabeth
Catlett
“Art is only important to the extent that it aids in
the liberation of our people.” ― Elizabeth
Catlett
Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012)
"During her lifetime, Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012) achieved international fame for her powerful explorations of race, class, and her own African American female identity. As a young woman, she studied art in the United States during the Great Depression of the 1930s."
“Color is life.
Light is the mother of color. Light reveals to us the spirit and living soul of
the world through colors.” – Alma Thomas
Alma Thomas (1891-1978)