Two Women with Still Life, 1952. "I was painting the woman in me. Art isn’t a wholly masculine occupation, you know. I’m aware that some critics would take this to be an admission of latent homosexuality. If I painted beautiful women, would that make me a non-homosexual? I like beautiful women. In the flesh, even the models in magazines. Women irritate me sometimes. I painted that irritation in the 'Woman' series." —Willem de Kooning
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