I Paint What I Want to See

How does a painter see the world ? Philip Guston, one of the most revered and influential artists of the twentieth century, spoke about art with unparalleled frankness and commitment. Touching on work from across his career as well as that of his fellow artists and Renaissance masters he loved, this selection of Guston's writings, talks and interviews draws together some of his most incisive reflections on iconography and abstraction, metaphysics and mysticism, and, above all, the nature of painting and drawing.