Romare Bearden Quotes

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The artist has to be something like a whale swimming with his mouth wide open, absorbing everything until he has what he really needs.

Romare Bearden

What I've attempted to do is establish a world through art in which the validity of my Negro experience could live and make its own logic.

Romare Bearden

All painting is a kind of talking about life.

Romare Bearden

The function of the artist is to organize the facets of life according to his imagination.

Romare Bearden

I believe that art is an expression of what people feel and want. In order for a painting to be "good" two things are necessary: that there be a communion of belief and desire between artist and spectator; that the artist be able to see and say something that enriches the fund of communicable feeling and the medium for expressing it.

Romare Bearden

Romare Bearden

Romare Bearden

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Born: September 2, 1911

Died: March 12, 1988 (aged 76)

Bio: Romare Bearden was an Afro-American artist. He worked with many types of media including cartoons, oils and collages.

Known for:

Pittsburgh Memory (1964)
Out Chorus (1980)
The Uncoupling of the Hounds (1946)
Patchwork Quilt (1970)

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