You Must Plan To Be Spontaneous.

I Had Always Planned To Make A Large Painting Of The Early Spring, When The First Leaves Are At The Bottom Of The Trees, And They Seem To Float In Space In A Wonderful Way. But The Arrival Of Spring Can't Be Done In One Picture.

The Vanishing Point Leads To The Missiles Of Today, Which Can Take Us Out Of This World. It Could Be That The West's Greatest Mistakes Were The 'invention' Of The External Vanishing Point And The Internal Combustion Engine.

Style Is Something You Can Use, And You Can Be Like A Magpie, Just Taking What You Want. The Idea Of The Rigid Style Seemed To Me Then Something You Needn't Concern Yourself With, It Would Trap You.

Photography Sees Surfaces, It Doesn't See Space. We See Space But The Camera Doesn't.

I've No Doubt That Those Photographs I Took Will Make People Look At Everything In A More Interesting Way - The Little Tear On One Piece Of Paper, The Shadow On Another. But Good Painting Has Always Done That - Made You See Things. And The Most Ordinary Can Be The Most Extraordinary.