As A Teacher I Approach My Students

As A Teacher I Approach My Students Purely With The Human Desire To Free Them From All Scholarly Inhibitions, And I Tell Them, "painters Must Speak Through Paint Not Through Words."

A Work Of Art Is A World In Itself Reflecting Senses And Emotions Of The Artist's World. Just As A Flower, By Virtue Of Its Existence As A Complete Organism Is Both Ornamental And Self-sufficient As To Color, Form, And Texture, So Art, Because Of Its Singular Existence Is More Than Mere Ornament.

Since Light Is Best Expressed Through Differences In Color Quality, Color Should Not Be Handled As A Tonal Gradation, To Produce The Effect Of Light.

Color Is A Plastic Means Of Creating Intervals... Color Harmonics Produced By Special Relationships, Or Tensions. We Differentiate Now Between Formal Tensions And Color Tensions, Just As We Differentiate In Music Between Counterpoint And Harmony.

The Width Of A Line May Present The Idea Of Infinity. An Epigram May Contain A World. In The Same Way, A Small Picture Format May Be Much More Living, Much More Leavening, Stirring, Awakening, Than Square Yards Of Wall Space.