So That Ideas Of Sort Of Relaxed

And I Think That Even Today, New York Still Has More Of This Unexpected Quality Around Every Corner Than Any Place Else. It's Something Quite Extraordinary

Having To Be Different Is The Same Trap As Having To Be The Same.

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 Think There's Anything Really Wrong With Influence Because I Think That One Can Use Another Man's Art As Material Either Literally Or Just Implying That They're Doing That, Without It Representing A Lack Of A Point Of View.

Very Quickly A Painting Is Turned Into A Facsimile Of Itself When One Becomes So Familiar With With It That One Recognizes It Without Looking At It.