I wouldn't use the same color in a picture in more than one place

Curiosity is the main energy.

I used to think of that line in Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl', about the 'sad cup of coffee'.. ..I have had cold coffee and hot coffee and lousy coffee, But I've never had a sad cup of coffee.

Work is my joy... Work is my therapy, I don't know anybody who loves work as much as I do.

And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me very much. You could do a picture in just black and white. I mean all the things, whether you're soliciting permission or not, do give you permission

I don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by anyone to put the responsibility of the way things are on anyone else

I want my paintings to look like what's going on outside my window rather than what's inside my studio.