The painting is not on a surface, but on a plane which is imagined. It moves in a mind. It is not there physically at all. It is an illusion, a piece of magic, so that what you see is not what you see.
Philip GustonI should like to paint like an man who has never seen a painting, but this man -myself - lives in a museum.
Philip GustonLook at any inspired painting. It's like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation.
Philip GustonYou know, comments about style always seem strange to me - 'why do you work in this style, or in that style' - as if you had a choice in the matter... What you're doing is trying to stay alive and continue and not die.
Philip Guston