The process of creation becomes necessary to the painter perhaps more than is the picture. The process in fact is habit-forming

As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does

The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.

The process of creation becomes necessary to the painter perhaps more than is the picture. The process in fact is habit-forming

I could never put anything into a picture that wasn't actually there in front of me. That would be a pointless lie, a mere bit of artfulness.

The only secret I can claim to have is concentration, and that's something that can't be taught.

The painter must give a completely free rein to any feeling or sensations he may have and reject nothing to which he is naturally drawn.