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I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of…

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As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of…
Early on I was very involved with the notion of the painting as an object and tended to attack that idea from…
There may or may not be an idea, and the meaning may just be that the painting exists.
I love drawings, so I've always enjoyed making drawings that exist on their own.
One likes to think that one anticipates changes in the spaces we inhabit, and our ideas about space.
To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.
Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it.
I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement.

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I enjoyed like nothing else working in pure math, discovering new formulas. — Jerry McNerney

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