I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.

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

The modern artist is living in a mechanical age and we have a mechanical means of representing objects in nature such as the camera and photograph. The modern artist, it seems to me, is working and expressing an inner world - in other words - expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces.

The painting has a life of its own

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

I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them.

When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding the earth - whether it be the plains of the west - or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction - some with a brush - some with a shovel - some choose a pen.