I never look at my wife or husband. If I have a wife, girlfriend or boyfriend, I never look. I look at her or him through the image I have about her or him. The image is a dead thing. So I never look at a living thing. I never look at nature, with all the marvel of it, the beauty of it, the shape, the loveliness of it. I am always translating it, trying to paint it, write about it or enjoy it. from Dialogue 16 with Allan W. Anderson in San Diego, California, 27 February 1974 Read more |