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

All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out of a complete visual impression

I want painting to be difficult to do.

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.

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

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

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.