I don't really trust ideas - especially good ones... Rather, I put my trust in the materials that confront me, because they put me in touch with the unknown.

And also the new excitement and variety of ways that the abstract expressionists were applying paint. You could put it on as though it were colored air and it would be painting.

Most artists try to break your heart, or they accidentally break their own hearts.But I find the quietness in the ordinary much more satisfying.

It is impossible to have progress without conscience

I don't mess around with my subconscious

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

Curiosity is the main energy.