I can never accomplish what I want - only what I would have wanted had I thought of it beforehand.

I can never accomplish what I want - only what I would have wanted had I thought of it beforehand.

All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out of a complete visual impression. To call this expression abstract seems to me often to confuse the issue. Abstract means literally to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract . . . a realistic or non-objective approach makes no difference. The result is what counts.

Do search, but in order to find other than what is searched for.

Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion.

Abstract means literally to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract for he must create his own work from his visual impressions. A realistic or non-objective approach makes no difference. The result is what counts.

I want painting to be difficult to do.