Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Dandelion Seed Balls and Trees, 1917; Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, 22 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1940
Charles Burchfield, Journals, May 6, 1917
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Complete Subjugation to Nature—If you would be a poet, express the poetry of nature. Do not invent a quasi-poetry & try to twist the facts of nature around to it.
The Artist does not define Art.
Charles Burchfield, May 6, 1917