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.

I never violate an inner rhythm. I loathe to force anything. I don't know if the inner rhythm is Eastern or Western. I know it is essential for me. I listen to it and I stay with it. I have always been this way. I have regards for the inner voice.

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.

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