Painting is a state of being..

Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within..

Modern art to me is nothing more than the expression of contemporary aims of the age we’re living in. All cultures have had means and techniques of e….

Modern art to me is nothing more than the expression of contemporary aims of the age that we're living in..

People have always frightened and bored me consequently I have been within my own shell..

All cultures have had means and techniques of expressing their immediate aims - the Chinese, the Renaissance, all cultures. The thing that interests ….

My opinion is that new needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements..

The secret of success is… to be fully awake to everything about you..

The painting has a life of its own.

How do you know when you're finished making love?.

I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting..

Painting is no problem. The problem is what to do when you're not painting..

A man's life is his work; his work is his life..

I've been thinking of death a lot, and I am amazed by its inevitability, frightened, as we all are, of the totally unknown, and yet feel a long sleep….

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..

Every good painter paints what he is..

I can control the flow of paint: there is no accident..

When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about maki….

The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art..

Love is friendship set to music..

When I am in a painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I ha….