I don't remember any dream. All I remember is waking up and feeling that there had been a change while I was sleeping.

The possibilities of thought training are infinite, its consequences eternal, and yet few take the pains to direct their thinking into channels that will do them good, but instead leave all to chance.

Every time I open the paper, there's some symphony orchestra collapsing somewhere in the United States. What the hell is going on? And then you find out that the board members try to run these things as businesses.

Holding together a kind of tension. When you see a painting that's really good that's what it's doing.

When you're using a long brush, you have your arm at full length. Basically, it exaggerates the movement of your body. But I always start far away and end up really close.

I've always worn a hat when I work. I think it also comes from a picture of Rothko I saw with a painter's hat on.

I respect all artists, just some more than the others. Because it's something that really needs to be done.