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

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.

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.

My freedom consists in my moving about within the narrow frame that I have assigned myself for each one of my undertakings.

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

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

Use and respond to the initial fresh qualities but consider them absolutely expendable.