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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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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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 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.

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...

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 did a twenty foot print and John Cage is involved in that because he...

I did a twenty foot print and John Cage is involved in that because he...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 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...

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

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'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...

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.