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• 'Abstract' literally means to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract... a realistic or nonobjective approach makes no…
• I don't go into the studio with the idea of 'saying' something. What I do is face the blank canvas and put…
• My freedom consists in my moving about within the narrow frame that I have assigned myself for each one of my undertakings.
• All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out of a complete visual impression
• Mistakes can't be erased, but they move you from your present position.
• All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out of a complete visual impression. To…
• Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion.
• In a successful painting everything is integral - all the parts belong to the whole. If you remove an aspect or element…
• I want painting to be difficult to do.
• I came to mistrust my desire to explode the picture and supercharge it in some way… what is more important is a…
• My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. He hoped I would see my…
• I have found in my still-life work that I seem to be able to tell what objects are important to me by…

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