The Artist's Job Is To

I've Not Been Cursed With Talent, Which Could Be A Great Inhibitor.

I Think That In The Last Twenty Years Or So, There's Been A New Kind Of Honesty In Painting Where Painters Have Been Very Proud Of Paint And Have Let It Behave Openly.

I Don't Think He (joseph Albers, Fh) Ever Realized That It Was His Discipline That I Came For. Besides, My Response To What I Learned From Him Was Just The Opposite Of What He Intended.. ..i Was Very Hesitant About Arbitrarily Designing Forms And Selecting Colors That Would Achieve Some Predetermined Result, Because I Didn't Have Any Ideas To Support That Sort Of Thing - I Didn't Want Color To Serve Me, In Other Words.

The Only Thing That I Could Get With Chance, And I Never Was Able To Use It, Was That I Would End Up With Something Quite Geometric Or The Spirit That I Was Interested In, Indulging In, Was Gone.

I Usually Work In A Direction Until I Know How To Do It, Then I Stop, At The Time That I Am Bored Or Understand - I Use Those Words Interchangeably - Another Appetite Has Formed.