"Obviously, first I am involved in painting not the who and how. I wonder if my pictures are 'lyrical' (that loaded word!) because I'm a woman. Looking at my paintings as if they were painted by a woman is superficial, a side issue, like looking at Klines and saying they are bohemian. The making of serious painting is difficult and complicated for all serious painters. One must be oneself, whatever."
- Helen Frankenthaler, 1969
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