Cutting straight into color reminds me of the direct carving of the sculptor.
What I am after, above all, is expression.
Work cures everything.
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
The essential thing is to spring forth, to express the bolt of lightning one senses upon contact with a thing. The function of the artist is not to translate an observation but to express the shock of the object on his nature; the shock, with the original reaction.
To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.