Color Is Only Beautiful When It Means

There Are Forms That Can Only Be Seen When You Are Near A Painting, Others Only Appear When You Are Far Away.

In A Tree There Is A Spirit Of Life, A Spirit Of Growth And A Spirit Of Holding Its Head Up.

Know What The Old Masters Did. Know How They Composed Their Pictures, But Do Not Fall Into The Conventions They Established. These Conventions Were Right For Them, And They Are Wonderful. They Made Their Language. You Make Yours. All The Past Can Help You.

Perhaps Whatever There Is In My Work That May Be Really Interesting To Others And Surely What Is Interesting To Me, Is The Result Of A Sometimes Successful Effort To Free Myself From Any Idea That What I Produce Must Be Art.

A Tree Growing Out Of The Ground Is As Wonderful Today As It Ever Was. It Does Not Need To Adopt New And Startling Methods.