This Is A Portrait Of Iris Clert

I Think That In The Last Twenty Years Or So, There's Been A New Kind Of Honesty In Painting Where Painters Have Been Very Proud Of Paint And Have Let It Behave Openly.

I've Not Been Cursed With Talent, Which Could Be A Great Inhibitor.

Success Is A Worn Down Pencil.

I'm Not So Facile That I Can Accomplish Or Find Out What I Want To Know Or Explore Enough Of The Possibilities And A Way Of Making A Painting, Say, In Just One Painting Or Two Paintings.

And All Of This, All These Physical Aspects Of Painting At That Time Excited Me Very Much. You Could Do A Picture In Just Black And White. I Mean All The Things, Whether You're Soliciting Permission Or Not, Do Give You Permission