Painting Is A State Of Being.

When I Say Artist I Mean The Man Who Is Building Things - Creating Molding The Earth - Whether It Be The Plains Of The West - Or The Iron Ore Of Penn. It's All A Big Game Of Construction - Some With A Brush - Some With A Shovel - Some Choose A Pen.

A Canvas Is An Arena In Which To Act.

When I Am In A Painting, I'm Not Aware Of What I'm Doing. It Is Only After A Sort Of 'get Acquainted' Period That I See What I Have Been About. I Have No Fears About Making Changes, Destroying The Image, Etc, Because The Painting Has A Life Of Its Own. I Try To Let It Come Through. It Is Only When I Lose Contact With The Painting That The Result Is A Mess. Otherwise There Is Pure Harmony, An Easy Give And Take, And The Painting Comes Out Well.

It Doesn't Make Much Difference How The Paint Is Put On As Long As Something Has Been Said. Technique Is Just A Means Of Arriving At A Statement.

I'm Very Representational Some Of The Time, And A Little All Of The Time. But When You're Painting Out Of Your Unconscious, Figures Are Bound To Emerge.