Arshile Gorky Quote

Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because it moves.


p. 64, unpublished letter of Gorky - posthumous published quotes, after 1948 - Astract Expressionist Painting in America


Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because it moves.

Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because it moves.

Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because it moves.

Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because it moves.