TOM WESSELMANN

The challenge for an artist is always to find your own way of doing something.

I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months.

I'd never painted anything before. I was quite content to take other people's work since I didn't care anyway about the subject matter. I approached subject matter as a scoundrel. I had nothing to say about it whatsoever. I only wanted to make these exciting paintings.

I'd never painted anything before. I was quite content to take other people's work since I didn't care anyway about the subject matter. I approached subject matter as a scoundrel. I had nothing to say about it whatsoever. I only wanted to make these exciting paintings.

I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months.

The challenge for an artist is always to find your own way of doing something.