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Robert Motherwell: Most painting in...

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Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask.

Source: On relationship between torment and creativity; in NY Times, 17 Nov 1985.
-- Robert Motherwell, (Jan 24 1915-1991), US painter; He was one of founders of Abstract Expressionism, 1940s.


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