(I am) dealing not with the particular anecdote, but rather with the Spirit of Myth, which is generic to all myths at all times.

We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless.

While the authority of the doctor or plumber is never questioned, everyone deems himself a good judge and an adequate arbiter of what a work of art should be and how it should be done.

The fact that people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures shows that I can communicate those basic human emotions.. the people who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience I had when painting them. And if you say you are moved only by their color relationships then you miss the point.

If you are moved only by the color relationships, then you miss the point.

The abstract artist has given material existence to many unseen worlds and tempi.

We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal. We wish to reassert the picture plane. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth.