Every Time I've Moved, My Work Has

I Usually Work In A Direction Until I Know How To Do It, Then I Stop, At The Time That I Am Bored Or Understand - I Use Those Words Interchangeably - Another Appetite Has Formed.

I Don't Think He (joseph Albers, Fh) Ever Realized That It Was His Discipline That I Came For. Besides, My Response To What I Learned From Him Was Just The Opposite Of What He Intended.. ..i Was Very Hesitant About Arbitrarily Designing Forms And Selecting Colors That Would Achieve Some Predetermined Result, Because I Didn't Have Any Ideas To Support That Sort Of Thing - I Didn't Want Color To Serve Me, In Other Words.

Very Quickly A Painting Is Turned Into A Facsimile Of Itself When One Becomes So Familiar With With It That One Recognizes It Without Looking At It.

Painting Is Always Strongest When In Spite Of Composition, Color, Etc., It Appears As A Fact, Or An Inevitability, As Opposed To A Souvenir Or Arrangement.

You Have To Have The Time To Feel Sorry For Yourself In Order To Be A Good Abstract Expressionist.