The secret of success is… to be fully awake to everything about you.

He drove his kind of realism at me so hard I bounced right into nonobjective painting.

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

A method of painting is a natural growth out of a need. I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

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

How do you know when you're finished making love?

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