The contour should come last, only a very experienced eye can place it rightly.

I believe it safe to say that all progress must lead, not to further progress, but finally to the negation of progress, a return to the point of departure.

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.

I live in company with a body, a silent companion, exacting and eternal.

Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it.

The outcome of my days is always the same; an infinite desire for what one never gets; a void one cannot fill; an utter yearning to produce in all ways, to battle as much as possible against time that drags us along, and the distractions that throw a veil over our soul.

The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes.