A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior.
On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting.
My concern is with the rhythms of nature I work inside out, like nature.
Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.
When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.
I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc. , because the painting has a life of its own.
Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you.
I'm not going to look back. 'Don't look back, something might be gaining on you. ' I don't have anything specific in mind. I want to do what comes my way. No plans, no idea, I believe in things happening organically. Right now the plan is to wrap things up - we've got one more Abbie Hoffman Fest to put together - whatever happens after that is unknown. I'm not going to push anything beyond passive behavior.
I am damn good. I am doing all this for Egypt and nothing else. I reject 70 per cent of media interviews while these people who accuse me are running after them.
A cinematographer is a visual psychiatrist - moving an audience through a movie. . . making them think the way you want them to think, painting pictures in the dark.
I no longer feel any allegiance to these monsters called human beings, despise being one myself.