I'm A Bit Claustrophobic, I Know That

Before He Did All Those Lovely Line Drawings, Matisse Would Make Really Detailed Charcoal Drawings And Tear Them Up. He Wouldn't Leave Them About... I Understand What He Was Doing: Discovering What's There... To Make The Line Meaningful, To Find A Linear Solution.

Once My Hand Has Drawn Something My Eye Has Observed, I Know It By Heart, And I Can Draw It Again Without A Model.

It's No Good Saying I Wished I Could Go Out More, Because I Can't. But I Don't Bother About It Too Much.

The Camera Can't See Space. It Sees Surfaces. People See Space, Which Is Much More Interesting.

All Painting, No Matter What You Are Painting, Is Abstract In That It's Got To Be Organized.