Talking About One's Work Releases The Energy

I Find In All The Artists That I Admire Most A Disturbing Element, A Distortion, Giving Evidence Of A Struggle . . . . In Great Art, This Conflict Is Hidden, It Is Unresolved. All That Is Bursting With Energy Is Disturbing - Not Perfect.

It Is A Mistake For A Sculptor Or A Painter To Speak Or Write Very Often About His Job. It Releases Tension Needed For His Work.

Art Is The Expression Of Imagination, Not The Reproduction Of Reality.

Never Think Of The Surface Except As An Extension Of A Volume.

The Whole Of Nature Is An Endless Demonstration Of Shape And Form. It Always Surprises Me When Artists Try To Escape From This.