Every painting is a war. You have to struggle every day, and to struggle every day with your inadequacies is a damn nuisance..

Doubt is a central factor all the time. There's always the doubt: What the hell am I doing out here in the middle of the woods, all alone, painting?.

I paint very directly. I go from top to bottom. When I get to the floor, the painting is finished..

We're antithetical. You use your mind one way; I use mine another. I recognize what you're doing, but I can't imagine it..