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

Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

Modern art to me is nothing more than the expression of contemporary aims of the age that we're living in.

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.

People have always frightened and bored me consequently I have been within my own shell.

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.