What Has Made It Work, Or What

Every So Often Every Artist Feels, 'i'll Never Paint Again. The Muse Has Gone Out The Window.' In 1985, I Hardly Painted At All For Three Months, And It Was Agonizing. I Looked At Reproductions. I Stared At Matisse. I Stared At The Old Masters. I Stared At The Quattrocento. And I Thought To Myself - Don't Push It! If You Try Too Hard To Get At Something, You Almost Push It Away.

A Really Good Picture Looks As If It's Happened At Once. It's An Immediate Image.

Every Canvas Is A Journey All Its Own.

I Wanted Things That I Couldn't At Times Articulate.

I'd Rather Risk An Ugly Surprise Than Rely On Things I Know I Can Do.