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 continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.

On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting.

The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.

The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.

Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

Bums are the well-to-do of this day. They didn't have as far to fall.