To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.

To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me. If I have an emotion, before I die, that's deeper than any emotion that I've ever had, then I will paint a more powerful picture that will have nothing to do with just technique, but will go beyond it.

I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn't show.

I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious.

At 18 I began painting steadily fulltime and at age 20 had my first New York show at the Macbeth Gallery.

Don't overdo it, don't underdo it. Do it just on the line.

My aim is to escape from the medium with which I work.