I Don't Like Masterpieces Having One-night Stands

There Was A Whole Language That I Could Never Make Function For Myself; It Revolved Around Words Like 'tortured', 'struggle'. 'pain'.. .i Could Never See These Qualities In Paint - I Could See Them In Life And Art That Illustrates Life. But I Could Not See Such Conflicts In The Materials And I Knew That It Had To Be In The Attitude Of The Painter.

I Had Been Working Purely Abstractly For So Long, It Was Important For Me To See Whether I Was Working Abstractly Because I Couldn't Work Any Other Way, Or Whether I Was Doing It Out Of Choice.

Painting Is Always Strongest When In Spite Of Composition, Color, Etc., It Appears As A Fact, Or An Inevitability, As Opposed To A Souvenir Or Arrangement.

So That Ideas Of Sort Of Relaxed Symmetry Have Been Something For Years That I Have Been Concerned With Because I Think That Symmetry Is A Neutral Shape As Opposed To A Form Of Design.

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.