In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.

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.

I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions.

I guess I'm not very human. All I really want to do is paint light on the side of a house.

So many people say painting is fun. I don't find it fun at all. It's hard work for me.

In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period.

I trust Winsor and Newton and I paint directly upon it.