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Romare Bearden quotes: Art is the soul of a people.

Art is the soul of a people.

Romare Bearden quotes: Memory embellishes Life. Forgetfulness makes it possible.

Memory embellishes Life. Forgetfulness makes it possible.

Romare Bearden quotes: Black art has always existed. It just hasn't been looked for in the right places.

Black art has always existed. It just hasn't been looked for in the right places.

Romare Bearden quotes: You don't paint what you see, you paint what you feel.

You don't paint what you see, you paint what you feel.

Romare Bearden quotes: I want to see how life can triumph.

I want to see how life can triumph.

Romare Bearden quotes: You should always respect what you are and your culture because if your art is going to mean anything, that is where it comes from.

You should always respect what you are and your culture because if your art is going to mean anything, that is where it comes from.

Romare Bearden quotes: The artist has to be something like a whale swimming with his mouth wide open, absorbing everything until he has what he really needs.

The artist has to be something like a whale swimming with his mouth wide open, absorbing everything until he has what he really needs.

Romare Bearden quotes: Painting is the act of discovery and you're constantly enlarging your horizon or finding yourself every time you paint.

Painting is the act of discovery and you're constantly enlarging your horizon or finding yourself every time you paint.

Romare Bearden quotes: You put down one color and it calls for an answer. You have to look at it like a melody.

You put down one color and it calls for an answer. You have to look at it like a melody.

Romare Bearden quotes: When I conjure these memories, they are of the present to me, because after all, the artist is a kind of enchanter in time.

When I conjure these memories, they are of the present to me, because after all, the artist is a kind of enchanter in time.

Romare Bearden quotes: If you're any kind of artist, you make a miraculous journey, and you come back and make some statements in shapes and colors of where you were.

If you're any kind of artist, you make a miraculous journey, and you come back and make some statements in shapes and colors of where you were.

Romare Bearden quotes: Painting is a self-disciplined activity that you have to learn by yourself.

Painting is a self-disciplined activity that you have to learn by yourself.

Romare Bearden quotes: What I've attempted to do is establish a world through art in which the validity of my Negro experience could live and make its own logic.

What I've attempted to do is establish a world through art in which the validity of my Negro experience could live and make its own logic.

Romare Bearden quotes: The artist has to be exactly the opposite [of people singing the song, I've gotta be Me,] and transcend himself as he makes judgements.

The artist has to be exactly the opposite [of people singing the song, I've gotta be Me,] and transcend himself as he makes judgements.

Romare Bearden quotes: The function of the artist is to organize the facets of life according to his imagination.

The function of the artist is to organize the facets of life according to his imagination.

Romare Bearden quotes: The essence of art is to recapturel the fantasy and the imagination of a child again, but without the innocence of a child.

The essence of art is to recapturel the fantasy and the imagination of a child again, but without the innocence of a child.

Romare Bearden quotes: The most difficult object in painting is yourself because you're always at issue

The most difficult object in painting is yourself because you're always at issue

Romare Bearden quotes: My purpose is to paint the life of my people as I know it.

My purpose is to paint the life of my people as I know it.

Romare Bearden quotes: The artist confronts chaos. The whole thing of art is, how do you organize chaos?

The artist confronts chaos. The whole thing of art is, how do you organize chaos?