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.

It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.

I paint with my back to the world

Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy.

What we really want to do is serve happiness. We want everyone to be happy, never unhappy even for a moment. We want the animals to be happy. The happiness of every living thing is what we want.

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

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.