As time goes on, I realize more and more that, beginning in the early 30's, David Smith began setting the precedent for what was to come later for many of us.

With artists of my own generation there was at first no group identity - and never a clique.

I think of painting without subject matter as music without words.

Context begins with other artists - seniors and mentors.

For me context is the key - from that comes the understanding of everything.

Pollock was well known, certainly, but for all the wrong reasons. He was known as much for being wild and unconventional in his working methods as for being a great artist.

Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time.

I've also been willing to share any help that I could give to any other artist.

I met David Smith through my former wife, Cornelia, who'd studied with him.

In the '50s Morris Louis and I were not known, David Smith and Helen Frankenthaler were not much known.

Either be a good parent to your career or just give your dream up for adoption.

If you 'don't do politics', trust me - politics will do you.

Everything needs love… and everything you do or don’t do is a reflection of how you love you!

Growing up, I didn't feel very cool having come from the Midlands.

Pardon the way that I stare, there's nothing else to compare. The sight of you leaves me weak, there are no words left to speak.

You can measure the depth of a person's awakening by how they serve others

Love adorns itself; it seeks to prove inward joy by outward beauty

It may be doubtful, at first, whether a person is an enemy or friend. Meat, if not properly digested, becomes poison; But poison, if used rightly, may turn medicinal.

There are few persons of greater worth than their reputation; but how many are there whose worth is far short of their reputation!

There is already a generation of European graduates who feel they have been robbed of the better future they were led to expect. They are members of a new class: the precariat.