I want painting to be difficult to do.

I want painting to be difficult to do.

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.

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.

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.