"We feel that our pictures demonstrate our aesthetic beliefs, some of which we, therefore, list:"

"..the terror to expect. Hiroshima showed it to us. The terror has indeed become as real as life."

"Let us, rather, like the Greek writers, tear the tragedy to shreds."

"[Concerning all painters] working in what is known as the abstract style: [the abstract form] is a living thing.. ..a…"

"Genesis I: 'The earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And God said, let there …"

"Short quote of Newman about his first 'Zip' paintings, c. 1946-1948"

"The subject matter of creation is chaos. The present feeling seems to be that the artist is concerned with form, colo…"

"The failure of abstract painting is due to the confusion that exists in the understanding of primitive art [as well a…"

"All artists whether primitive or sophisticated, have been involved in the handling of chaos."

"It was not the inexperienced art public that became American Scenists. It was the artists themselves, a highly sophis…"