Max Cole Interview
KDJ: You have mentioned your works as a search for essence. What is this essence? How does your understanding of essence relate to time, space, or existence? Have you noticed any difference or changes in your search for and understanding of essence over the years?
MC: Essence is the transcendent quality of life and it is the ultimate mystery. Glimpses of it exist when a painting lives and it is the quality that I have spent my life continually searching for. I don't believe that it is necessary to understand or quantify it. The search is enough.
KDJ: You have mentioned your works as a search for essence. What is this essence? How does your understanding of essence relate to time, space, or existence? Have you noticed any difference or changes in your search for and understanding of essence over the years?
MC: Essence is the transcendent quality of life and it is the ultimate mystery. Glimpses of it exist when a painting lives and it is the quality that I have spent my life continually searching for. I don't believe that it is necessary to understand or quantify it. The search is enough.
