I Feel Sometimes An American Artist Must

Every So Often, A Painter Has To Destroy Painting. Cezanne Did It, Picasso Did It With Cubism. Then Pollock Did It. He Busted Our Idea Of A Picture All To Hell. Then There Could Be New Paintings Again.

An Artist Is Someone Who Makes Art... He Didn't Invent It.

My Interest In Desperation Lies Only In That Sometimes I Find Myself Having Become Desperate. Very Seldom Do I Start Out That Way. I Can See Of Course That, In The Abstract, Thinking And All Activity Is Rather Desperate.

Maybe In That Earlier Phase I Was Painting The Woman In Me. Art Isn't A Wholly Masculine Occupation, You Know.

When, About Fifteen Years Ago, I Walked Into Arshile's Studio For The First Time, The Atmosphere Was So Beautiful That I Got A Little Dizzy And When I Came To, I Was Bright Enough To Take The Hint Immediately. If The Bookkeepers Think It Necessary To Make Sure Of Where Things And People Came From, Well Then, I Came From 36 Union Square. I Am Glad That It Is About Impossible To Get Away From His Powerful Influence.