“Picasso's sculpture has incredible strength combined with a lack of pomposity.” — Roy Lichtenstein

I don't think there is any question that Picasso is the greatest figure of the 20th century.

Making something good and saying something brilliant are not two things. When you make your own statement, there is a higher energy level, and you do better painting.

Pollock really invented something. No one painted like him - or de Kooning or Still.

When I was going to school and under the influence of Abstract Expressionism, I believed that if you had a give-and-take rapport with your work that it would be you, and that would be all that was required. It would be honest, and the core of your personality would come out if you responded to position and contrasts in your work.