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Most artists try to break you...

Most artists try to break your heart, or they accidentally break their own hearts.But I find the quietness in the ordinary much more satisfying.

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I'm quite taken aback when I ...

I'm quite taken aback when I get something that appears to be technically a good photograph, because it's not necessarily my intention.

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I was much happier when I had...

I was much happier when I had less responsibility... when my only responsibility was to my work and to myself.

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But I was in awe of the paint...

But I was in awe of the painters; I mean I was new in New York, and I thought the painting that was going on here was just unbelievable

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And all of this, all these ph...

And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me very much. You could do a picture in just black and white. I mean all the things, whether you're soliciting permission or not, do give you permission

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I think that in the last twen...

I think that in the last twenty years or so, there's been a new kind of honesty in painting where painters have been very proud of paint and have let it behave openly.

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I wouldn't use the same color...

I wouldn't use the same color in a picture in more than one place

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You can't make either life or...

You can't make either life or art, you have to work in the hole in between, which is undefined. That's what makes the adventure of painting.

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You wait until life is in the...

You wait until life is in the frame, then you have the permission to click. I like the adventure of waiting until the whole frame is full.

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It is impossible to have prog...

It is impossible to have progress without conscience

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I don't really trust ideas - ...

I don't really trust ideas - especially good ones... Rather, I put my trust in the materials that confront me, because they put me in touch with the unknown.

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There's a moment for everyone...

There's a moment for everyone when you fall into your own shadow and the fact is that it's your shadow and you're forced to live in it. And this is nothing to celebrate or not celebrate. It simply is.

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I don't think there's anythin...

I don't think there's anything really wrong with influence because I think that one can use another man's art as material either literally or just implying that they're doing that, without it representing a lack of a point of view.

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It's when you've found out ho...

It's when you've found out how to do certain things, that it's time to stop doing them, because what's missing is that you're not including the risk.

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There was something about the...

There was something about the self-confession and self-confusion of Abstract expressionism - as though the man and the work were the same - that personally always put me off because at that time my focus was in the opposite direction.

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Sometimes I have taken photog...

Sometimes I have taken photographs and just felt so excited that I could barely hold the camera steady, and the photo was boring.

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My art is about paying attent...

My art is about paying attention - about the extremely dangerous possibility that you might be art.

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I prefer images that are less...

I prefer images that are less specific, so there is room for everyone's imagination.

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Work is my joy... Work is my ...

Work is my joy... Work is my therapy, I don't know anybody who loves work as much as I do.

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People ask me, 'Don't you eve...

People ask me, 'Don't you ever run out of ideas?' In the first place I don't use ideas. Every time I have an idea it's too limiting, and usually turns out to be a disappointment. But I haven't run out of curiosity.

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