I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it.

I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.

I believe an artist is the last person in the world who can afford to be affected.

I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could.

Marks on paper are free - free speech - press - pictures all go together I suppose.

One can't paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.