Helen [Frankenthaler] was away for the weekend [in May 1952 or 1953], but Clem had the key to her studio and let us [Kenneth] Noland and Morris Louis ] in on a Sunday morning. We saw not just 'Mountains and Sea' but a group of pictures she had recently made. We felt exhilarated. The idea of being able to spread color out along the surface of the picture without having it create an illusion - this was very appealing to us.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Helen [Frankenthaler] was away for the weekend [in May 1952 or 1953], but Clem had the key to her studio and let us [Kenneth] Noland and Morris Louis ] in on a Sunday morning. We saw not just 'Mountains and Sea' but a group of pictures she had recently made. We felt exhilarated. The idea of being able to spread color out along the surface of the picture without having it create an illusion - this was very appealing to us." in the context of "Quote of Kenneth Noland; as cited in interview with Helen Frakenthaler, The ‘New York Times, 1989 by Deborah Solomon" to mean that wisdom is timeless.