I dont think you can lightly paint a picture. Its an activity I take very seriously.
You keep on balancing and balancing and balancing until the picture wins, because then the subject's turned into the picture.
My language is what I use, and if I lost that, I wouldnt be able to say anything.
Collecting has been my great extravagance. It's a way of being. I collect for the same reason that I eat too much-I'm one of nature's shoppers.
When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.
I think words come between the spectator and the picture.