In the '50s Morris Louis and I were not known, David Smith and Helen Frankenthaler were not much known.

With artists of my own generation there was at first no group identity - and never a clique.

I think of painting without subject matter as music without words.

Context begins with other artists - seniors and mentors.

As time goes on, I realize more and more that, beginning in the early 30's, David Smith began setting the precedent for what was to come later for many of us.

For me context is the key - from that comes the understanding of everything.

Pollock was well known, certainly, but for all the wrong reasons. He was known as much for being wild and unconventional in his working methods as for being a great artist.

Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time.

I've also been willing to share any help that I could give to any other artist.

I met David Smith through my former wife, Cornelia, who'd studied with him.

Love is a spirit, and therefore cannot die a natural death.

Pretense cannot sustain blind power.

The Element is about discovering your self, and you can't do this if you're trapped in a compulsion to conform. You can't be yourself in a swarm.

Oak, granite, Lilies by the road, Remember me?I remember you.Clouds brushingClover hills, Remember me?Sister, child, Grown tall, Remember me?I remember you.

The wounded are instruments, singing pain.

Nobody was interested in playing Bob Marley on the radio. We had to tour him - that was the only way it could work.

The rock still has something to teach me.

I love challenging the notion that, in order to be a tech founder, you have to be holed up in a dark room wearing a T-shirt and baggy jeans.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.