I Wanted Things That I Couldn't At

I Don't Resent Being A Female Painter. I Don't Exploit It. I Paint.

The Price For Living The Life I Have -- For Any Serious, Devoted Person, Is That At Times One Must Live Alone, Or Feel Alone. I Think Loneliness Is Associated In Many People's Minds When They Think About Success.

I Have Always Been Concerned With Painting That Simultaneously Insists On A Flat Surface And Then Denies It.

Every So Often Every Artist Feels, 'i'll Never Paint Again. The Muse Has Gone Out The Window.' In 1985, I Hardly Painted At All For Three Months, And It Was Agonizing. I Looked At Reproductions. I Stared At Matisse. I Stared At The Old Masters. I Stared At The Quattrocento. And I Thought To Myself - Don't Push It! If You Try Too Hard To Get At Something, You Almost Push It Away.

There Are No Rules. Let The Picture Lead You Where It Must Go.