When I say artist I mean the man who is building things -- creating molding the earth -- whether it be the plains of the west -- or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction -- some with a brush -- some with a shovel -- some choose a pen.

"The modern artist, it seems to me, is working and expressing an inner world in other words - expressing the energy, the motion and other inner forces."

It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.

"When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own."

"It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well."