Barnett Newman Quote

The human in language is literature, not communication. Man's first cry was a song. Man's first address to a neighbor was a cry of power and solemn weakness, not a request for a drink of water.


Tiger's Eye October 1947


The human in language is literature, not communication. Man's first cry was a song. Man's first address to a neighbor was a cry of power and solemn...

The human in language is literature, not communication. Man's first cry was a song. Man's first address to a neighbor was a cry of power and solemn...

The human in language is literature, not communication. Man's first cry was a song. Man's first address to a neighbor was a cry of power and solemn...

The human in language is literature, not communication. Man's first cry was a song. Man's first address to a neighbor was a cry of power and solemn...