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

A real friend is someone you say a sentence to and they know ten thousand words behind that sentence.

My concern is with the rhythms of nature I work inside out, like nature.

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

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

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

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.