I am never free of the past. I have made it crystal clear that I believe the past is part of the present which becomes part of the future.

As I say, I as an abstract artist was active politically.

I like a canvas to breathe and be alive. Be alive is the point. And, as the limitations are something called pigment and canvas, let's see if I can do it.

People were very affected by the war. But it didn't mean you stopped painting unless you were called into the Army; then you just couldn't paint. But otherwise one continued.

I need to be alone for certain periods of time or I violate my own rhythm.

Painting... in which the inner and the outer man are inseparable, transcends technique, transcends subject and moves into the realm of the inevitable.

I have never been able to understand the artist whose image never changes.