Focusing isn't just an optical activity; it is also a mental one.

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

For me nature is not landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces.

There was a time when meanings were focused and reality could be fixed; when that sort of belief disappeared, things became uncertain and open to interpretation.

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

Painting is a science pursued as an enquiry into the laws of nature...Observation is considered the key to natural science.

As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this lack of certainty, other things may come into play.