Abstraction Is Real, Probably More Real Than

I Think Art Parallels Life; It Is Not A Report On Nature Or On Intimate Disclosure Of Inner Secrets. Color, In My Opinion, Behaves Like Man -- In Two Distinct Ways: First In Self-realization And Then In The Realization Of Relationships With Others.

I Paint The Way I Spread Butter On Pumpernickel.

Therefore Art Means: You Have To Believe, To Have Faith, That Is, Cultivate Vision.

Apprentice Is The Beginner - The First Years You Work In A Craft In The European Sense You Are An Apprentice. That Takes 3 Or 4 Years. Then You Are A Journeyman. You Can Go From One Master To Another And Learn Other Tricks And Other Secrets.

If You Don't Do It My Way, I Suggest You Commit Suicide.