If You're An Artist, The

The Point They (lissitzky, Rodchenko, Tatlin, Gabo, The Neo-plasticists, And So On) All Had In Common Was To Be Inside And Outside At The Same Time. For Me, To Be Inside And Outside Is To Be In An Unheated Studio With Broken Windows In The Winter, Or Taking A Nap On Somebody's Porch In The Summer.

Every So Often, A Painter Has To Destroy Painting. Cezanne Did It, Picasso Did It With Cubism. Then Pollock Did It. He Busted Our Idea Of A Picture All To Hell. Then There Could Be New Paintings Again.

If You're An Artist, The Problem Is To Make A Picture Work Whether You Are Happy Or Not.

I Might Work On A Painting For A Month, But It Has Too Look Like I Painted It In A Minute.

Not Even For A Million Dollars Would I Paint A Tree.