Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again.
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Painting and sculpture are very archaic forms. It's the only thing left in our industrial society where an individual alone can make something with not just his own hands, but brains, imagination, heart maybe.Philip Guston
Look at any inspired painting. It's like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation.
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I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over.
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I'm not interested in painting I'm not interested in making a picture. Then what the hell am I interested in I must be interested in this process.
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In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint?
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