What You Do When You Paint, You

The Drawings That Interest Me Most Are Made With Closed Eyes. With Eyes Closed, I Feel My Hand Slide Down On The Paper. I Have An Image In Mind, But The Results Always Surprise Me.

I Read Somewhere That Rubens Said Students Should Not Draw From Life, But Draw From All The Great Classic Casts. Then You Really Get The Measure Of Them, You Really Know What To Do. And Then, Put In Your Own Dimples. Isn't That Marvelous!

The Idea Of Space Is Given To The Artist To Change If He Can. The Subject Matter In The Abstract Is Space.

If You're An Artist, The Problem Is To Make A Picture Work Whether You Are Happy Or Not.

If You Pick Up Some Paint With Your Brush And Make Somebody's Nose With It, This Is Rather Ridiculous When You Think Of It, Theoretically Or Philosophically. It's Really Absurd To Make An Image, Like A Human Image, With Paint, Today.