Kooning may refer to:
- Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Dutch/Dutch-American artist
- Elaine de Kooning (1918-1989), American artist
Famous quotes containing the word kooning:
“My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate.”
—Willem De Kooning (b. 1904)
“The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.”
—Willem De Kooning (b. 1904)
“An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.”
—Willem De Kooning (b. 1904)