“ 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
Willem and Elaine de Kooning 1953.
“To establish once and for al that I did not pose for these ferocious women. I was taken aback to discover in Hans’ photograph that I and the painted lady seemed like…mother and daughter. We’re even smiling the same way.” – Elaine de Kooning
