I'm Sure We Don't Read Old Paintings

I Don't Think There's Anything Really Wrong With Influence Because I Think That One Can Use Another Man's Art As Material Either Literally Or Just Implying That They're Doing That, Without It Representing A Lack Of A Point Of View.

The Artist's Job Is To Be A Witness To His Time In History.

This Was My First Encounter With Art As Art (he Saw 'pinky' Painted By Sir Thomas Lawrence And 'the Blue Boy" Painted By Thomas Gainborough).. ..somebody Actually Made Those Paintings.. ..(it) Was The First Time I Realized You Could Be An Artist.

Well, I Like Way Downtown Near The Battery. I Lived Down There At This Time And For, I Guess, The Following Well, This Is Where I Moved To Uptown And I've Been Here For Four Years And This Is 1965.

You Begin With The Possibilities Of The Material.