It Has Been Difficult To Hold Onto

It Has Been Difficult To Hold Onto Many Paintings But I Have Retained A Few.

The Big Shock Of My Life Was Abstract Expressionism - Pollock, De Kooning, Those Guys. It Changed My Work. I Was An Academically Trained Student, And Suddenly You Could Pour Paint, Smear It On, Broom It On!

Ive Zeroed In On What You Would Call Action And Excellence... Everybody Who Does Anything To Try To Succeed Has To Give The Best Of Themselves, And Art Has Made Me Pull The Best Out Of Myself.

There's No Greatest Moment In The Arts. It's A Life; It's A Continuity Thing. You Can't Have A Great Moment Because It's Spiritual. It's A Belief; It's A Calling. If You're An Artist, Doing Your Own Thing On Your Own, It's While You're Doing It That Counts. It's A Process. If You Get Too Elated, You Can Get Too Depressed.

I've Got The Public. I Don't Care About The Critics. I Did At One Time. I Don't Any More. I Did When I Needed Compliments. But If You Get A Lot Of Compliments, You Don't Need A Critic To Tell You, 'this Should Be Done Another Way.'