I Don't Want A Picture To Look

I Like Photographs Of Anything Uninteresting. Maybe Just Two Doors On A Wall... The Point Is To Be Uninteresting.

A Pair Of Socks Is No Less Suitable To Make A Painting With Than Wood, Nails, Turpentine, Oil And Fabric.

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.

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.

One Has To Believe In What One Is Doing, One Has To Commit Oneself Inwardly, In Order To Do Painting. Once Obsessed, One Ultimately Carries It To The Point Of Believing That One Might Change Human Beings Through Painting. But If One Lacks This Passionate Commitment, There Is Nothing Left To Do. Then It Is Best To Leave It Alone.