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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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