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.

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But I was in awe of the painters; I mean I was new in New...

But I was in awe of the painters; I mean I was new in New...

I always have a good reason for taking something out but I never have one...

I always have a good reason for taking something out but I never have one...

Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so...

Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so...

I don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by...

I don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by...

An empty canvas is full.

An empty canvas is full.

Pollock also... wanted one to be wrapped in the painting.

Pollock also... wanted one to be wrapped in the painting.

If you don't have trouble paying the rent, you have trouble doing something else; one...

If you don't have trouble paying the rent, you have trouble doing something else; one...

I got so I was really just sick of sculpture.

I got so I was really just sick of sculpture.

And also the new excitement and variety of ways that the abstract expressionists were applying...

And also the new excitement and variety of ways that the abstract expressionists were applying...

But I found a lot of artists at the Cedar Bar were difficult for me...

But I found a lot of artists at the Cedar Bar were difficult for me...

The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.

The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.

I'm not so facile that I can accomplish or find out what I want to...

I'm not so facile that I can accomplish or find out what I want to...

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

You begin with the possibilities of the material.

You begin with the possibilities of the material.

I wouldn't use the same color in a picture in more than one place.

I wouldn't use the same color in a picture in more than one place.

And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me...

And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me...

And I think a painting has such a limited life anyway.

And I think a painting has such a limited life anyway.

And I think that even today, New York still has more of this unexpected quality...

And I think that even today, New York still has more of this unexpected quality...

I think a painting is more like the real world if it's made out the...

I think a painting is more like the real world if it's made out the...

Well, I like way downtown near the Battery. I lived down there at this time...

Well, I like way downtown near the Battery. I lived down there at this time...