My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.

Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.

Anything can be painted without representation.

The Minimalists are idealist. They want to minimise themselves in favour of the ideal. But I just can't. You see, my paintings are not cool. ... I'm very careful not to have ideas, because they're inaccurate.

It's through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.

That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.

I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly. Once he sees this fact his feet are on the path. If you want to know the truth you will know it. The manipulation of materials in an artwork is a result of this state of mind. The artist works by awareness of his own state of mind.