What the art historians had forgotten is that in Chinese, Japanese, Persian, and Indian art, they never painted shadows. Why did they paint shadows in European art? Shadows are because of optics. Optics need shadows and strong light. Strong light makes the deepest shadows. It took me a few years to realize fully that the art historians didn't grasp that. There are a lot of interesting new things, ideas, pictures.

I'm always excited by the unlikely, never by ordinary things.

I think cubism has not fully been developed. It is treated like a style, pigeonholed and that's it.

The picture itself is a document. How do you mean? We're looking at a document. It gives you clues.

A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me.

What I didn't know was I was deeply attracted to the big space.

I mean if you draw you like drawing, it's er, an activity you do all the time actually.