I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them.

The modern artist... is working and expressing an inner world - in other words - expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces.

Something in me knows where I’m going, and - well, painting is a state of being. ... Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

The process is only a means to an end-creating the painting I want. It doesn't mean anything itself. It's only a way of creating a result.

I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.

When I am in a painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc, because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.

I am doubtful of any talent, so whatever I choose to be, will be accomplished only by long study and work