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

As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this lack of certainty, other things may come into play.

I never make studies from nature. They would get in the way. I make use of my mind.

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

Painting is a science pursued as an enquiry into the laws of nature...Observation is considered the key to natural science.

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

I work with nature, although in completely new terms.