Happiness Is Being On The Beam With

The Minimalists Are Idealist. They Want To Minimise Themselves In Favour Of The Ideal. But I Just Can't. You See, My Paintings Are Not Cool. ... I'm Very Careful Not To Have Ideas, Because They're Inaccurate.

I Want To Emphasize The Fact That We All Have The Same Experience And The Same Concern, But The Artist Must Know Exactly What The Experience Is. He Must Pursue The Truth Relentlessly. Once He Sees This Fact His Feet Are On The Path. If You Want To Know The Truth You Will Know It. The Manipulation Of Materials In An Artwork Is A Result Of This State Of Mind. The Artist Works By Awareness Of His Own State Of Mind.

When I First Made A Grid I Happened To Be Thinking Of The Innocence Of Trees And Then This Grid Came Into My Mind And I Thought It Represented Innocence, And I Still Do, And So I Painted It And Then I Was Satisfied. I Thought, This Is My Vision.

The Worst Thing You Can Think About When You're Working Is Yourself.

The Enormous Pitfall Is Devotion To Oneself Instead Of To Life. All Works That Are Self-devoted Are Absolutely Ineffective.