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

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.

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

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

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

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.