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I tend to like things that already exist.


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As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.



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To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.



Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it.

Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it.



One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.

One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.



When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive.

When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive.



I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life.

I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life.



One works without thinking how to work.

One works without thinking how to work.



It's simple, you just take something and do something to it, and then do something else to it. Keep doing this, and pretty soon you've got something.

It's simple, you just take something and do something to it, and then do something else to it. Keep doing this, and pretty soon you've got something.



Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

Art is either a complaint or appeasement.





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