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

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 knew de Kooning and I went to his studio so I knew about de Kooning's work. But only a little handful knew about it, you know. Maybe there were ten people that knew about it.

I think, if one is a painter, all you experience does come out when you’re painting.

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

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

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