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

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

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

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

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

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.

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