Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.

Anything can be painted without representation.

I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.

When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.

I once taught art to adults in a night course. I had a woman who painted her back yard, and she said it was the first time she had ever really looked at it. I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond

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

What I say is that we're capable of a transcendent response, and I think it makes us happy. And I do think beauty produces a transcendent response.