I think I tend to destroy the better paintings, or those that have been better to a certain extent. I try and take them further, and they lose all their qualities, and they lose everything. I think I would say that I destroy all the better paintings.

Perils commonly ask to be paid in pleasures.

The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man.

Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason

Painting is a duality and abstract painting is an entirely aesthetic thing. It always remains on one level. It is only really interesting in the beauty of its patterns or its shapes.

He that seeketh to be eminent amongst able men hath a great task; but that is ever good for the public. But he that plots to be the only figure amongst ciphers is the decay of a whole age.

To know truly is to know by causes.