"As to what I would like to be. It is difficult to say. An Artist of some kind. If nothing else I shall always study t…"

"I believe easel painting to be a dying form, and the tendency of modern feeling is toward the wall picture or mural.."

"It came into existence because I had to paint it. Any attempt on my part to say something about it, to attempt explan…"

"My painting does not come from the easel. I hardly ever stretch my canvas before painting. I prefer to tack the unstr…"

"When I am in my painting, I am not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a short of 'get acquainted' period that …"

"Technic is the result of a need new needs demand new technics total control denial of the accident States of order or…"

"I can control the flow of paint; there is no accident.."

"My work with Benton was important as something against which to react very strongly, later on; in this, it was better…"

"I accept the fact that the important painting of the last hundred years was done in France. American painters have ge…"

"The idea of an isolated American painting, so popular in this country during the thirties, seems absurd to me, just a…"