’ThankGodforyellowochre,cadmiumredmedium,andpermanentgreenlight’Howdoesapainterseetheworld?PhilipGuston,oneofthemostsignificantartistsofthetwentiethcentury,spokeaboutartwithunparalleledcandorandcommitment.TouchingonworkfromacrosshiscareeraswellasthatofhisfellowartistsandRenaissanceheroes,thisselectionofhiswritings,talks,andinterviewsdrawstogethersomeofhismostincisivereflectionsoniconographyandabstraction,metaphysicsandmysticism,and,aboveall,thenatureofpaintinganddrawing.’Amongthemostimportant,powerfulandinfluentialAmericanpaintersofthelast100years...he’sanartworldhero’--JerrySaltz,NewYorkMagazine
