“I began to believe, from my conversations with other artists, that the real truth is in the stroke. For me, it is large, bold strokes that do not refer distinctly to seen nature. The paint is the subject. The motions of the strokes give the work life.”
ED CLARK AND QUINCY TROUPE, “FOR THE SAKE OF THE SEARCH: AN INTERVIEW WITH ED CLARK BY QUINCY TROUPE,” IN FOR THE SAKE OF THE SEARCH, BELLEVILLE LAKE, MI: BELLEVILLE LAKE PRESS, 1997, P. 17.