Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. 1923–1950 Color is Light on Fire
6. 1. Traumatic Beginnings 11
7. 2. First Love, First Muse 23
8. 3. An Unexpected Battle 35
9. 4. The Keys to the Kingdom 45
10. 5. A First Coalescence 54
11. Part II. 1950–1956 Paris was the Psychic Mother of Me
12. 6. A Tiny Room at the Hôtel de Seine 67
13. 7. Ambition and Lies 78
14. 8. I Paint Time 87
15. 9. A Homecoming of Joy and Anguish 98
16. Part III. 1956–1962 Go as Far as You Can as Fast as You Can
17. 10. Wanderlust 115
18. 11. Feverish Intensity 131
19. 12. An Internationalist in New York 140
20. 13. I Am a Seismograph 150
21. 14. A Dance with Mr. Death 161
22. Part IV. 1962–1985 I am Your Change-Bearer, I am Your Instrument of Expansion
23. 15. Resurrection 175
24. 16. I Love My Desires 187
25. 17. The Space at the Center Is Reserved for You 200
26. 18. The Artist Is His Work and No Longer Human 215
27. 19. My Consciousness Is an Image 228
28. 20. Art Is the Heart of the Matter 240
29. 21. A New Era for Los Angeles 251
30. 22. My Virtue Is to Be Myself 261
31. Part V. 1986–1994 I am Steering by the Torch of Chaos and Doubt
32. 23. Don’t Be Sorry for Nothing 273
33. 24. Death Is a Curve in Harmony with Life 283
34. Epilogue 295
35. Notes on Sources 303
36. Illustration Credits 335
37. Index 339