Number Fifty-Two

"Painting that is almost possible, almost does not exist, that is not quite known, not quite seen."

Number Fifty-One

"The one standard in art is oneness and fineness, rightness and purity, abstractness and evanescence. The one thing to say about art is its breathlessness, lifelessness, deathlessness, contentlessness, formlessness, spacelessness, and timelessness. This is always the end of art."

Number Forty-Nine

"The nothingness of art is not nothingness."

Number Forty-Eight

"I heard someone say that it is easy to attack everything, and I have been thinking about how difficult it is. I would like to attack almost everything."

Number Forty-Seven

"any use is a misuse"

Number Forty-Six