The oldest girl [his daughter Maro, four and a half years old] did this. She paints like a little bird. And this, the young one [Natasha, two and a h… - Arshile Gorky

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The oldest girl [his daughter Maro, four and a half years old] did this. She paints like a little bird. And this, the young one [Natasha, two and a half] did. See, she paints on both sides of the canvas. She is more like a passionate plumber. I wish I could paint as freely as they do. There is a gravity of playfulness in their work. If they could only keep it – but they will lose it as they grow older.

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About Arshile Gorky

Arshile Gorky (15 April 1904 – 21 July 1948), born Vostanik Manoog Adoyan, was an American abstract expressionist painter of Armenian descent, living and working in New York, where he got later strongly involved with American Surrealism. He was a very close friend of Willem de Kooning who respected him as a teacher in painting.

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Native Name: Արշիլ Գորկի
Alternative Names: Ostanik-Manuk Adoian Arshil Gorʹkiĭ Arshile Gorky Adoian Arshil Gorky Osdanig-Manug Atoyan Arshil Gorki Adoyan Wostanig Adoyan Vosdanig Manoog Adoian Ostanik-Manuk Adoyan Arshil Gorki Ostanik-Manuk Adoyean Osdanig-Manug Atoian Vostanik-Manuk Adoian Arschille Gorky Vosdanik Adoian Arshele Gorky Vosdanig Adoian Archele Gorky Archel Gorky Archele Gorki Arshile Gorkij Adoian Gorky a. gorky
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Art comes instinctively to us, but it is so uncertain. I have in front of me photographs of all Picasso’s best works. The mere I admire them the further I feel myself removed from all art, it seems so easy, so limited! We are part of the world creation, and we ourselves create nothing.

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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.

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