Old art offers just as good a criticism of new art as new art offers of old.

I am just trying to find a way to make pictures.

In my early work, I tried to hide my personality, my psychological state, my emotions. This was partly due to my feelings about myself and partly due to my feelings about painting at the time. I sort of stuck to my guns for a while but eventually it seemed like a losing battle. Finally one must simply drop the reserve.

I am not strong on perfection.

A picture ought to be looked at the same way you look at a radiator.

There may or may not be an idea, and the meaning may just be that the painting exists.

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.