Technique Is Just A Means Of Arriving

On The Floor I Am More At Ease. I Feel Nearer, More Part Of The Painting, Since This Way I Can Walk Around It, Work From The Four Sides And Literally Be In The Painting.

My Painting Does Not Come From The Easel.

Something In Me Knows Where I’m Going, And - Well, Painting Is A State Of Being. ... Painting Is Self-discovery. Every Good Artist Paints What He Is.

With Experience It Seems To Be Possible To Control The Flow Of Paint, To A Great Extent, And I Don't Use - I Don't Use The Accident - 'cause I Deny The Accident... It's Quite Different From Working, Say, From A Still Life Where You Set Up Objects And Work Directly From Them. I Do Have A General Notion Of What I'm About And What The Results Will Be. I Approach Painting In The Same Sense As One Approaches Drawing, That Is, It's Direct.

As To What I Would Like To Be, It Is Difficult To Say. An Artist Of Some Kind. If Nothing Else I Shall Always Study The Arts.