In common with Michelangelo and Rembrandt I am more interested in the line, its rise and fall, than in color

My father was temperamentally nervous and obsessively religious—to the point of psychoneurosis. From him I inherited the seeds of madness. The angels of fear, sorrow, and death stood by my side since the day I was born.

Colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to the canvas.

Photography is an art which touches and grips one's own heart's blood.

Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but they all paint frescoes.

In common with Michelangelo and Rembrandt I am more interested in the line, its rise and fall, than in color

By painting colors and lines and forms seen in quickened mood I was seeking to make this mood vibrate as a phonograph does. This was the origin of the paintings in The Frieze of Life.