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This Was My First Encounter With Art As Art (he Saw 'pinky' Painted By Sir Thomas Lawrence And 'the Blue Boy" Painted By Thomas Gainborough).. ..somebody Actually Made Those Paintings.. ..(it) Was The First Time I Realized You Could Be An Artist.

I Don't Think Of Myself As Making Art. I Do What I Do Because I Want To, Because Painting Is The Best Way I've Found To Get Along With Myself.

It Is Neither Art For Art, Nor Art Against Art. I Am For Art, But For Art That Has Nothing To Do With Art. Art Has Everything To Do With Life, But It Has Nothing To Do With Art.

I Had Been Working Purely Abstractly For So Long, It Was Important For Me To See Whether I Was Working Abstractly Because I Couldn't Work Any Other Way, Or Whether I Was Doing It Out Of Choice.

You Have To Have The Time To Feel Sorry For Yourself In Order To Be A Good Abstract Expressionist.