Richard Diebenkorn Writings

Studio note
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Studio note
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Studio note
Studio note

Studio note

Date:
c. 1956–59
Credit Line:
© Richard Diebenkorn Foundation
RD number:
RDFA.232
Description
Transcription:


[image 1]


The means of the artist (but I should speak for myself) are loss of temper, despair, and luck. By [strikethrough] these means [/strikethrough] them I can occasionally make what, at least temporarily, looks [strikethrough] to use [/strikethrough] right to me. Eventually I would hope to employ more respectable means.


Occasionally [strikethrough] with paint by lucky accident and usually through [/strikethrough] but by despairing measures or luck I can make what, at least temporarily, looks [strikethrough] like a painting. [/strikethrough] right [strikethrough] in the way a painting should. [/strikethrough] to me in painting. But with words [strikethrough] seem inflexible and for me [strikethrough] will always [/strikethrough] stand at odds with one another. [/strikethrough]


[image 2]


[strikethrough] As an old man I would hope to employ more respectable and less
although I show [/strikethrough]

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