Etel Adnan

Poet

1925-02-24

Quotes by Etel Adnan

• Usually, I am a compulsive person, and I need - sometimes urgently - to paint... Painting is close to poetry, is a kind of poetry expressed visually. It has to be spontaneous, rapid - at least in my case.

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• We are then like some young trees whose branches grow in separate directions, giving the impression that the stem will break apart under opposite pulls.

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