Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork... we all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly

Doing what you were born to do … That's the way to be happy.

Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.

Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy.

The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.

There's nobody living who couldn't stand all afternoon in front of a waterfall .... Anyone who can sit on a stone in a field awhile can see my painting. Nature is like parting a curtain, you go into it .... as you would cross an empty beach to look at the ocean.

You can't make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can't make a perfect painting.