- Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may be a valuable delusion.
- The pretty, initial position which falls short of completeness is not to be valued–except as a stimulus for further moves.
- Do search. But in order to find other then what is searched for.
- Use and respond to the initial fresh qualities but consider them absolutely expendable.
- Don’t “discover” a subject–of any kind.
- Somehow don’t be bored–but if you must, use it in action. Use its destructive potential.
- Mistakes can’t be erased, but they can move you from your present position.
- Keep thinking about Pollyanna.
- Tolerate chaos.
- Be careful only in a perverse way.
from “The Art of Richard Diebenkorn” by Jane Livingston, page 115.