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If I declare it to be so, then this is a portrait.


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There is no reason not to consider the world as one gigantic painting.

There is no reason not to consider the world as one gigantic painting.



You begin with the possibilities of the material.

You begin with the possibilities of the material.



I don't really trust ideas - especially good ones... Rather, I put my trust in the materials that confront me, because they put me in touch with the unknown.

I don't really trust ideas - especially good ones... Rather, I put my trust in the materials that confront me, because they put me in touch with the unknown.



The only thing that I could get with chance, and I never was able to use it, was that I would end up with something quite geometric or the spirit that I was interested in, indulging in, was gone.

The only thing that I could get with chance, and I never was able to use it, was that I would end up with something quite geometric or the spirit that I was interested in, indulging in, was gone.



It is neither Art for Art, nor Art against Art. I am for Art, but for Art that has nothing to do with Art. Art has everything to do with life, but it has nothing to do with Art.

It is neither Art for Art, nor Art against Art. I am for Art, but for Art that has nothing to do with Art. Art has everything to do with life, but it has nothing to do with Art.



I've not been cursed with talent, which could be a great inhibitor.

I've not been cursed with talent, which could be a great inhibitor.



An empty canvas is full.

An empty canvas is full.



The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.

The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.



I don't think of myself as making art. I do what I do because I want to, because painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself.

I don't think of myself as making art. I do what I do because I want to, because painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself.



Even at this late date, I go into my studio, and I think 'Is this going to be it? Is it the end?' You see, nearly everything terrorizes me. When an artist loses that terror, he's through.

Even at this late date, I go into my studio, and I think 'Is this going to be it? Is it the end?' You see, nearly everything terrorizes me. When an artist loses that terror, he's through.





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