One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.

There was very little art in my childhood. I was raised in South Carolina; I wasn't aware of any art in South Carolina. There was a minor museum in Charleston, which had nothing of interest in it. It showed local artists, paintings of birds.

Everybody is of course free to interpret the work in his own way. I think seeing a picture is one thing and interpreting it is another.

Merce is my favorite artist in any field.

I have meant what I have done. Or I have often meant what I have done. Or I have sometimes meant what I have done. Or I have tried to mean what I was doing.

I love drawings, so I've always enjoyed making drawings that exist on their own.