I think our minds respond to things beyond this world. Take beauty: it's a very mysterious thing, isn't it? I think it's a response in our minds to perfection. It's too bad, people not realizing that their minds expand beyond this world.

Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork... we all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly

I paint with my back to the world

You can't make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can't make a perfect painting.

Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life

When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts. You have to penetrate these and hear what your mind is telling you to do. Such work is original work.

That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.