The Main Thing Is Not To Be

Art Is Much Less Important Than Life, But What A Poor Life Without It.

Every Picture One Paints Involves Not Painting Others.

Abstract Art Is Uniquely Modern. It Is A Fundamentally Romantic Response To Modern Life - Rebellious, Individualistic, Unconventional, Sensitive, Irritable.

I Started With Straight, Basic, Symbolic Structures. My Problem Now Is The Opposite; As I Get Older, I Try To Make My Paintings More Contrapuntal, Richer.

Painting That Does Not Radiate Feeling Is Not Worth Looking At. The Deepest-and Rarest-of Grown-up Pleasures Is True Feeling.