Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.

I paint with my back to the world

When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.

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.

It's through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.

I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.

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