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.

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

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

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.

Don't 'discover' a subject of any kind.

When I am halfway there with a painting, it can occasionally be thrilling... But it happens very rarely; usually it's agony... I go to great pains to mask the agony. But the struggle is there. It's the invisible enemy.

I want painting to be difficult to do.