"When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process."

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"When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process."

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"Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality."

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"However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it."

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