The pictures I contemplate painting would constitute a halfway state and attempt to point out the direction of the future - without arriving there completely

Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

A canvas is an arena in which to act.

The process is only a means to an end-creating the painting I want. It doesn't mean anything itself. It's only a way of creating a result.

It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

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.

The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.