And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me very much. You could do a picture in just black and white. I mean all the things, whether you're soliciting permission or not, do give…

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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...

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 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.

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...

An empty canvas is full.

An empty canvas is full.

A newspaper that you're not reading can be used for anything; and the same people...

A newspaper that you're not reading can be used for anything; and the same people...

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...

The only thing that I could get with chance, and I never was able to...

The only thing that I could get with chance, and I never was able to...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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

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

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.

I think maybe chance works better in a situation like music because music exists over...

I think maybe chance works better in a situation like music because music exists over...

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...

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...

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...

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...