Pollock was well known, certainly, but for all the wrong reasons. He was known as much for being wild and unconventional in his working methods as for being a great artist.
- Kenneth Noland
Artist, Reasons, Certainly, Unconventional
In the '50s Morris Louis and I were not known, David Smith and Helen Frankenthaler were not much known.
- Kenneth Noland
Known, Smith, Were, Louis
Context begins with other artists - seniors and mentors.
- Kenneth Noland
Other, Begins, Artists, Context
For me context is the key - from that comes the understanding of everything.
- Kenneth Noland
Me, Understanding, Context
The scene then as now was centered in New York. For the most part, I've kept a bit apart from that attractive and seductive city. I've done it by living in the country within commuting distance.
- Kenneth Noland
New, Country, Attractive, Commuting
As time goes on, I realize more and more that, beginning in the early 30's, David Smith began setting the precedent for what was to come later for many of us.
- Kenneth Noland
Beginning, Began, Smith, Precedent
I met David Smith through my former wife, Cornelia, who'd studied with him.
- Kenneth Noland
Wife, Through, Smith, Former
Because of this the representation I'm interested in is of those things only the eye can touch.
- Kenneth Noland
Eye, Only, Things, Representation
With artists of my own generation there was at first no group identity - and never a clique.
- Kenneth Noland
Generation, Never, Artists, Clique
I think of painting without subject matter as music without words.
- Kenneth Noland
Music, Think, I Think, Subject Matter
Clem had made it known that Pollock was a great painter.
- Kenneth Noland
Made, Had, Known, Painter
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