Art is too serious to be taken seriously.

We all name ourselves. We call ourselves artists. Nobody asks us. Nobody says you are or you aren't.

The artist should once and forever emancipate himself from the bondage of appearance.

There is a black which is old and a black which is fresh. Lustrous black and dull black, black in sunlight and black in shadow.

My painting represents the victory of the forces of darkness and peace over the powers of light and evil.

The job at Brooklyn is interesting because Brooklyn reflects what happened to university art departments everywhere. It might be the worst department now, and yet at one point it was the best in the country.

The more an artist works the more there is to do.