The Past Does Not Influence Me; I

If I Stretch My Arms And Wonder Where My Fingers Are - That Is All The Space I Need As A Painter.

Art Never Seems To Make Me Peaceful Or Pure. I Always Seem To Be Wrapped In The Melodrama Of Vulgarity. I Do Not Think... Of Art As A Situation Of Comfort.

Even An Abstract Form Has To Have A Likeness.

You Have To Keep On The Very Edge Of Something, All The Time, Or The Picture Dies.

I See The Canvas And I Begin... It's A Necessary Evil To Get Into The Work, And It's Pretty Marvelous To Be Able To Get Out Of It.