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

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

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

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

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

I work with nature, although in completely new terms.