The True Artist Helps The World By

I'm Surprised When The Work Appears Beautiful, And Very Pleased. And I Think Work Can Be Very Good And Very Successful Without Being Able To Call It Beautiful, Although I'm Not Clear About That. The Work Is Good When It Has A Certain Completeness; And When It's Got A Certain Completeness, Then It's Beautiful.

What Is It That An Artist Does When He Is Left Alone In His Studio? My Conclusion Was That If I Was An Artist And I Was In The Studio, Then Everything I Was Doing In The Studio Should Be Art . . . . From That Point On, Art Became More Of An Activity And Less Of A Product.

When I Was In Art School, I Thought Art Was Something I Would Learn How To Do, And Then I Would Just Do It. At A Certain Point I Realized That It Wasn't Going To Work Like That. Basically, I Would Have To Start Over Every Day And Figure Out What Art Was Going To Be.

I Get The Feeling That Sometimes The Ideas Work Very Well When You're Doing Them In The Studio Alone.

And I Don't Have Any Specific Steps To Take Because I Don't Start The Same Way Every Time. But There Is A Knowing When It's Enough And You Can Leave It Alone.