Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made - I try to act in the gap.

Curiosity is the main energy.

Art is a means to function thoroughly and passionately in a world that has a lot more to it than paint.

And I think that even today, New York still has more of this unexpected quality around every corner than any place else. It's something quite extraordinary

I don't think he (Joseph Albers, fh) ever realized that it was his discipline that I came for. Besides, my response to what I learned from him was just the opposite of what he intended.. ..I was very hesitant about arbitrarily designing forms and selecting colors that would achieve some predetermined result, because I didn't have any ideas to support that sort of thing - I didn't want color to serve me, in other words.

I don't mess around with my subconscious

I'm quite taken aback when I get something that appears to be technically a good photograph, because it's not necessarily my intention.