I think you have to control the materials to an extent, but it's important to let the materials have a kind of power for themselves; like the natural power of gravity, if you are painting on a wall, it makes the paint trickle and it drips; there is no reason to fight that.
I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators.
Newspaper men, perhaps more than any other class, are rated by ability.