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In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of trembling, for instance, all of a sudden most art starts to tremble. Michelangelo starts to tremble. El Greco starts to tremble. All the Impressionists start to tremble.

Source: A Desperate View, paper, 18 Feb. 1949, delivered to friends; published in William de Kooning, by Thomas B. Hess, 1968.
-- Willem de Kooning, (Apr 24 1904-1997), Dutch-US painter; He was one of the leading exponents of Abstract Expressionism, particularly the form known as Action painting.

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