Jules Olitski Inspirational Quotes (7)

When the conception of internal form is governed by edge, color appears to remain on or above the surface. I think, on the contrary, of color as being seen in and throughout, not solely on, the surface.

I think of color as being seen in and throughout, not solely on the surface.

In the bedroom darkness I may visualise a way of making a painting. I can see it - if I do this and this and that and this, my God! Why haven't I seen this until now? I can hardly wait to get to the studio and make the vision real.

I work day and night without sleep. The paintings keep me fired up.

Expect Nothing, Do Your Work, Celebrate.

I think of painting as possessed by a structure... but a structure born of the flow of color feeling.

Decisions are being made a mile a minute while you're making the work, and it has to come out of experience and vision.