Greenberg writes on Newman. “What is destroyed here is the immemorial notion taken up by cubism from the edge of the painting as a limit. With Newman; the edge of the painting is repeated inside it constitutes the painting instead of just being doubled over the surface. The edges of the larger canvases; function exactly like an inside line; divided; but not separated; enclosed or bounded. The paintings do not blend into the surrounding space; they retain their integrity and their own unity when they are successful; they must be seen as fields. Hence the idea of color field. (extract from paintings in the American style of C. Greenberg).