"To will a new form is inacceptable, because will builds distortion. Desire too, is incomplete and arbitrary. These st…"

"Painting and sculpture are very archaic forms. It's the only thing left in our industrial society where an individual…"

"I have two thoughts [on the question of interviewer Joseph S. Trovato: 'Were the projects a good thing for American a…"

"But you begin to feel as you go on working that unless painting proves its right to exist by being critical and self-…"

"All these troubles revolve around the irritable mutual dependence of life and art – with their need and contempt for …"

"I have a studio in the country - in the woods – but my paintings look more real to me than what is outdoors. You walk…"

"[On the question: 'What was your main stylistic influence up to this time']: The Renaissance chiefly - Piero, Mantegn…"

"To answer your first question - most significantly the [ Federal Art Project ] project was my training ground in the …"

"There are so many things to paint in the world – in the cities – so much to see. Does art need to represent this vari…"

"I mean that the things I felt and that I enjoyed about certain painters of the past that I liked, that inspired me, l…"