Photography Is The Most Direct Communication In

For The First Time, I Wasn't Embarrassed By The Look Of Beauty, Of Elegance, Because When You See Someone Who Has Only One Rag As Their Property, But It Happens To Be Beautiful And Pink And Silk, Beauty Doesn't Have To Be Separated... I Have Always Said That You Shouldn't Have Biases, You Shouldn't Have Prejudices. But Before That [before His Trip To India, Circa 1975] I'd Never Been Able To Use Purple, Because It Was Too Beautiful.

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.

But I Was In Awe Of The Painters; I Mean I Was New In New York, And I Thought The Painting That Was Going On Here Was Just Unbelievable

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.

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.