I am here to make you think. . . . I am not here to make pretty pictures!

I am here to make you think. . . . I am not here to make pretty pictures!

A picture lives by companionship, expanding and quickening in the eyes of the sensitive observer

I do not believe that there was ever a question of being abstract or representational. It is really a matter of ending this silence and solitude, of breathing, and stretching one's arms again transcendental experiences became possible.

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

Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit, and the only means of making concrete the purpose of its varied quickness and stillness.

If you are only moved by color relationships, you are missing the point. I am interested in expressing the big emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom.