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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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 got so I was really just sick of sculpture.

I got so I was really just sick of sculpture.

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...

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 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...

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

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

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 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 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.

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...

You begin with the possibilities of the material.

You begin with the possibilities of the material.

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

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

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...