I Never Work With An

I Destroy Things Every Day In The Act Of Working And Often Recall A Picture I Had Considered Finished In Order To Rework It.

To Put Down An Ideogram Of A Table So That People Will Recognize It As A Table Is Not The Work Of A Painter, But To Sense It For A Moment As A Magic Carpet With A Leg Hanging Down At Each Corner Is The Beginning Of A Painter's Imagination.

I Never Work With An Audience - I Can't Do This. The Process Depends On The Highest Degree Of Nervous Concentration.

Ideally, One Should Have More Material Than One Can Possibly Cope With.

I Go Out Each Morning And Draw. I Can't Really Start A Painting In The Morning Until I've Done A Drawing.