I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over.
Philip GustonIt is possible to make a living thing, not a diagram of what I have been thinking: to posit with paint something living, something that changes each day.
Philip GustonNo good to paint in the head - what happens is what happens when you put the paint down - you can only hope that you are alert - ready - to see. What joy it is for paint to become a thing - a being. Believe in this miracle - it is your only hope. To will this transformation is not possible. Only a slow maturation can prepare the hand and eye to become quicker than ever. Ideas about art don't matter. They collapse anyway in front of the painting.
Philip Guston