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Willem de Kooning

The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.

Willem de Kooning

Attitude

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Willem de Kooning challenges the idea that nature is inherently disorganized and that artists create structure from that chaos. Instead, he suggests that the real task is for individuals to bring clarity and order within their own minds and selves.

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