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

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

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

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

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

An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict

The eye can travel over the surface in a way parallel to the way it moves over nature. It should feel caressed and soothed, experience frictions and ruptures, glide and drift. One moment, there will be nothing to look at and the next second the canvas seems to refill, to be crowded with visual events.