Painting is self-discovery. You arrive at the image through the act of painting.

If we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge, not innocence.

I want to express the utmost intensity of the color, bring out the quality, make it expressive.

My favorite symbols were those which I didn't understand.

Certain people always say we should go back to nature.I notice they never say we should go forward to nature. It seemstometheyare more concerned that we should go back, than about nature.

Painting is self-discovery. You arrive at the image through the act of painting.

I never use nature as a starting point. I never abstract from nature; I never consciously think of nature when I paint.