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" Art is the easiest thing in my life, and that's ironic. It doesn't mean I've worked little on it, but it's the only thing I never had to... I have no fear. I could take risks. "

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" I should like to achieve free, spontaneous painting delineating a powerful, strong structured image. One must be possible with the other. A difficult problem in itself, but one which I shall achieve. "

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" Maybe if I really believe in me, trust me without any calculated plan, who knows what will happen? "

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" Life doesn't last; art doesn't last. It doesn't matter. "

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" Art and life are inseparable. "

" There's not been one normal thing in my life. "

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" I am not sure what my stand on lasting really is. "

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" Everything for me has always been opposites; nothing has ever been in the middle... My life never had anything normal or in the center. "

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" I have the most openness about my art... It's total freedom and willingness to work. I'm willing really to walk on the edge, and if I haven't achieved it, that's where I want to go. But in my life - maybe because my life has been so traumatic, so absurd - there hasn't been one normal, happy thing. "