"The one question, the one principle, the one crisis in art of the twentieth century centers in the uncompromising 'pu…"

"An abstract painting will react to you if you react to it. You get from it what you bring to it. It will meet you hal…"

"It’s been said many times in world art writing that one can find some of painting’s meaning by looking not only at wh…"

"And today many artists like myself refuse to be involved in some ideas. In painting – for me – no fooling-the-eye, no…"

"'Study the old masters. Look at nature. Watch out for armpits'. [in 1956, Reinhardt is quoting Paul Cézanne here freely]"

"My painting represents the victory of the forces of darkness and peace over the powers of light and evil. [1957, reac…"

"Voyaging into the night, one knows exactly where, on a known vessel, an absolute harmony with the elements of the unr…"

"The one thing to say about art is that it is one thing. Art is art-as-art and everything else is everything else. Art…"

"There is nothing there. What you see is not what you see. What you see is nothing. Nothing but shapes, lines, colors.…"

"Who said last, 'A cleaner New York-school is Up To You?'"