For me nature is not landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces, an event rather than an appearance. These forces can only be tackled by treating color and form as ultimate identities, freeing them from all descriptive or functional roles.

An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict

In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active.

I think this lack of a center has something to do with the loss of certainties that Christianity had to offer

For me nature is not landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces.

There was a time when meanings were focused and reality could be fixed; when that sort of belief disappeared, things became uncertain and open to interpretation.

Focusing isn't just an optical activity; it is also a mental one.