One wants to see the artifice of the thing as well as the subject..

I would like the colors, their shapes and positions to be arrived at in response to and dictated by the condition of the total space at the time they….

Use and respond to the initial fresh qualities but consider them absolutely expendable..

I keep plastering it until it comes around to what I want, in terms of all I know and think about painting now, as well as in terms of the initial ob….

And I can just see that sometimes the technique is blasting powder rather than steady struggle..

If you get an image try to destroy it..

My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. He hoped I would see my way to more serious work and would find my….