Ad Reinhardt Quote

Study the old masters. Look at nature. Watch out for armpits.


Reinhardt paraphrasing Paul Cézanne, in 1956. In: Pax, no. 13, 1960; as quoted in Abstract Expressionism: Creators and Critics, ed. Clifford Ross, Abrahams Publishers, New York 1990, p. 150


Study the old masters. Look at nature. Watch out for armpits.

Study the old masters. Look at nature. Watch out for armpits.

Study the old masters. Look at nature. Watch out for armpits.

Study the old masters. Look at nature. Watch out for armpits.