Early On I Was Very

To Me, Self-description Is A Calamity.

There Was Very Little Art In My Childhood. I Was Raised In South Carolina; I Wasn't Aware Of Any Art In South Carolina. There Was A Minor Museum In Charleston, Which Had Nothing Of Interest In It. It Showed Local Artists, Paintings Of Birds.

I Have No Ideas About What The Paintings Imply About The World. I Don't Think That's A Painter's Business. He Just Paints Paintings Without A Conscious Reason.

Donald Judd Spoke Of A 'neutral' Surface, But What Is Meant? Neutrality Must Involve Some Relationship (to Other Ways Of Painting, Thinking?) He Would Have To Include These In His Work To Establish The Neutrality Of That Surface. He Also Used 'non' Or 'not' - Expressive - This Is An Early Problem - A Negative Solution Or - Expression Of New Sense - Which Can Help One Into - What One Has Not Known. 'neutral' Expresses An Intention.

One Night I Dreamed That I Painted A Large American Flag, And The Next Morning I Got Up And I Went Out And Bought The Materials To Begin It.