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.

The key is what is within the artist. The artist can only paint what she or he is about.

In the late 30s the name Pollock was totally unknown and unheard of.

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

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.

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