I Don't Resent Being A Female Painter.

I Don't Resent Being A Female Painter. I Don't Exploit It. I Paint.

I Had The Landscape In My Arms As I Painted It. I Had The Landscape In My Mind And Shoulder And Wrist.

There Are Many Accidents That Are Nothing But Accidents-and Forget It. But There Are Some That Were Brought About Only Because You Are The Person You Are... You Have The Wherewithal, Intelligence, And Energy To Recognize It And Do Something With It.

You Have To Know How To Use The Accident, How To Recognise It, How To Control It, And Ways To Eliminate It So That The Whole Surface Looks Felt And Born All At Once.

What Concerns Me When I Work, Is Not Whether The Picture Is A Landscape, Or Whether It's Pastoral, Or Whether Somebody Will See A Sunset In It. What Concerns Me Is - Did I Make A Beautiful Picture?