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

"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…"

"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…"

"I have a definite feeling for the West, the vast horizontality of the land, for instance.. .I have always been very i…"