I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement of this vision by the work itself as it proceeds.

The only real influence I've ever had was myself.

Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps have nothing to do with aesthetics.

If the picture needs varnishing later, I allow a restorer to do that, if there's any restoring necessary.

When I don't feel in the mood for painting I go to the movies for a week or more. I go on a regular movie binge!

Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again become great.

Yes, linseed oil. I used to use poppy oil, but I have heard that poppy oil is given to cracking pigment too, so I use it no longer.