A newspaper that you're not reading can be used for anything; and the same people didn't think it was immoral to wrap their garbage in newspaper.

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I got so I was really just sick of sculpture.

I got so I was really just sick of sculpture.

Oracle was I had started it I guess two and a half years ago, maybe...

Oracle was I had started it I guess two and a half years ago, maybe...

Every time I've moved, my work has changed radically.

Every time I've moved, my work has changed radically.

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...

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.

So that ideas of sort of relaxed symmetry have been something for years that I...

So that ideas of sort of relaxed symmetry have been something for years that I...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

You begin with the possibilities of the material.

You begin with the possibilities of the material.

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...

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...

There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself in relationship...

There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself in relationship...

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

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...

I'm sure we don't read old paintings the way they were intended.

I'm sure we don't read old paintings the way they were intended.

An empty canvas is full.

An empty canvas is full.