People tell me they open my e-mails first, because they aren't demands and you don't need to reply. They're simply for pleasure.

You would think death was an optional extra nowadays. Nobody wants to tick that box.

Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.

I do believe that painting can change the world.

Who would have thought that the telephone would bring back drawing?

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

Of course you can still paint landscape - it's not been worn out.