Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression.

The meaning of a word - to me - is not as exact as the meaning of a color. Colors and shapes make a more definite statement than words.

My first memory is of the brightness of light — light all around.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.

Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint.

The abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself that I can clarify in paint.

We'd make love. Afterwards he would take photographs of me. (On modeling for Alfred Stieglitz)