An Effort Impelled By Desire Must Also

Just As I Work With Paints, Brushes, And Canvas, I Work With The Light, Pieces Of Glass And Chemistry.

An Original Is A Creation Motivated By Desire.

Cut Out The Eye From A Photograph Of One Who Has Been Loved But Is Seen No More. Attach The Eye To The Pendulum Of A Metronome And Regulate The Weight To Suit The Tempo Desired. Keep Going To The Limit Of Endurance. With A Hammer Well-aimed, Try To Destroy The Whole At A Single Blow.

All My Life I Have Painted Pictures So That Certain People Would Drop Dead When They Looked At Them, But I Have Not Succeeded Yet. The Worst Painting Cant Hurt You, But A Bad Driver Can Kill You, A Bad Judge Can Send You To The Chair, A Bad Politician Can Ruin An Entire Country, That Is Why Even A Bad Painting Is Sacred.

Speaking Of Nudes, I Have Always Had A Great Fondness For This Subject, Both In My Paintings And In My Photos, And I Must Admit, Not For Purely Artistic Reasons.