I wanted things that I couldn't at times articulate.

You have to know how to use the accident, how to recognise it, how to control it, and ways to eliminate it so that the whole surface looks felt and born all at once.

I had the landscape in my arms as I painted it. I had the landscape in my mind and shoulder and wrist.

The price for living the life I have -- for any serious, devoted person, is that at times one must live alone, or feel alone. I think loneliness is associated in many people's minds when they think about success.

A really good picture looks as if it's happened at once. It's an immediate image.

I don't resent being a female painter. I don't exploit it. I paint.

I've explored a variety of directions and themes over the years. But I think in my painting you can see the signature of one artist, the work of one wrist.