You Can't Make Either Life Or Art,

You Can't Make Either Life Or Art, You Have To Work In The Hole In Between, Which Is Undefined. That's What Makes The Adventure Of Painting.

You Have To Have The Time To Feel Sorry For Yourself In Order To Be A Good Abstract Expressionist.

A Canvas Is Never Empty.

Having To Be Different Is The Same Trap As Having To Be The Same.

For The First Time, I Wasn't Embarrassed By The Look Of Beauty, Of Elegance, Because When You See Someone Who Has Only One Rag As Their Property, But It Happens To Be Beautiful And Pink And Silk, Beauty Doesn't Have To Be Separated... I Have Always Said That You Shouldn't Have Biases, You Shouldn't Have Prejudices. But Before That [before His Trip To India, Circa 1975] I'd Never Been Able To Use Purple, Because It Was Too Beautiful.