“As a work progresses, its power to elicit and dictate response mounts. There seems to be an optimum moment when this power is at its greatest which just precedes the point where 'elicit' is no longer apt usage. 'Dictates' is the word for this condition and tyranny is the adversary.” MomentsSeemsPowerProgressConditionsResponseTyrannyAdversariesUsageOptimum Author:Richard Diebenkorn
“I would like the colors, their shapes and positions to be arrived at in response to and dictated by the condition of the total space at the time they are considered.” SpaceConditionsPositionColorShapesResponse Author:Richard Diebenkorn
