The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.

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

The adventurous state of mind is a high house... The joy of adventure is unaccountable. This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.

Doing what you were born to do … That's the way to be happy.

My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.

My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They're just horizontal lines. There's not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.

Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.