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

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

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 used to build up to sensation, accumulating tension until it released a perceptual experience

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.