As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge.

I work with nature, although in completely new terms.

Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind

In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active.

I think this lack of a center has something to do with the loss of certainties that Christianity had to offer

I never make studies from nature. They would get in the way. I make use of my mind.

Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values.