In the United States there has been a kind of a structure in the Modern art world. The New York School was nearly a coherent thing-for a minute.

I dont think you can lightly paint a picture. Its an activity I take very seriously.

A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object.

In the United States there has been a kind of a structure in the Modern art world. The New York School was nearly a coherent thing-for a minute.

The picture surface recedes just as much in the 20th century as it did in the 15th. The techniques of making pictures have hardly changed.

I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits.

I want my pictures to be things. I want them to be made up of marks that are physically and individually self-sufficient.