When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.

My opinion is that new needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements.

When I am painting I have a general notion as to what I am about. I can control the flow of paint: there is no accident.

My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout.

I'm very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But when you're painting out of your unconscious, figures are bound to emerge.

All cultures have had means and techniques of expressing their immediate aims - the Chinese, the Renaissance, all cultures. The thing that interests me is that today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves.

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.