Mistakes can't be erased, but they move you from your present position.

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.

I came to mistrust my desire to explode the picture and supercharge it in some way… what is more important is a feeling of strength in reserve – tension beneath calm.

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.

Somehow don't be bored, but if you must, use it in action. Use its destructive potential.

I don't go into the studio with the idea of 'saying' something. What I do is face the blank canvas and put a few arbitrary marks on it that start me on some sort of dialogue.