A Good Picture, Any Picture, Has To

I'm Always Doing Things I Can't Do. That's How I Get To Do Them.

The Best Calculation Is The Absence Of Calculation. Once You Have Attained A Certain Level Of Recognition, Others Generally Figure That When You Do Something, It's For An Intelligent Reason. So It's Really Foolish To Plot Out Your Movements Too Carefully In Advance. You're Better Off Acting Capriciously.

Art Is An Instrument In The War Against The Enemy.

When You Start With A Portrait And Search For A Pure Form, A Clear Volume, Through Successive Eliminations, You Arrive Inevitably At The Egg. Likewise, Starting With The Egg And Following The Same Process In Reverse, One Finishes With The Portrait.

The Quality Of A Painter Depends On The Amount Of Past He Carries With Him.