I Got So I Was Really Just

I Don't Think Any One Person, Whether Artist Or Not, Has Been Given Permission By Anyone To Put The Responsibility Of The Way Things Are On Anyone Else

I Always Have A Good Reason For Taking Something Out But I Never Have One For Putting Something In. And I Don't Want To, Because That Means That The Picture Is Being Painted Predigested.

Basically Painting Is Total Idiocy.

There Was Something About The Self-confession And Self-confusion Of Abstract Expressionism - As Though The Man And The Work Were The Same - That Personally Always Put Me Off Because At That Time My Focus Was In The Opposite Direction.

There Was A Whole Language That I Could Never Make Function For Myself; It Revolved Around Words Like 'tortured', 'struggle'. 'pain'.. .i Could Never See These Qualities In Paint - I Could See Them In Life And Art That Illustrates Life. But I Could Not See Such Conflicts In The Materials And I Knew That It Had To Be In The Attitude Of The Painter.