I've Not Been Cursed With Talent, Which

Most Artists Try To Break Your Heart, Or They Accidentally Break Their Own Hearts.but I Find The Quietness In The Ordinary Much More Satisfying.

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.

I Don't Like Masterpieces Having One-night Stands In Collectors' Homes Between Auctions.

I Think That In The Last Twenty Years Or So, There's Been A New Kind Of Honesty In Painting Where Painters Have Been Very Proud Of Paint And Have Let It Behave Openly.

It Is Impossible To Have Progress Without Conscience