My paintings are well-painted, not nimbly but patiently. My painting contains in it the message of pain. I think that at least a few people are interested in it. It's not revolutionary. Why keep wishing for it to be belligerent? I can't. Painting completed my life. I lost three children and a series of other things that would have fulfilled my horrible life. My painting took the place of all of this. I think work is the best.

Mankind owns its destiny, and its destiny is the earth. We are destroying it until we have no destiny.

I never knew I was a surrealist till Andre Breton came to Mexico and told me I was.

Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are a bourbon biscuit.

My paintings are well-painted, not nimbly but patiently. My painting contains in it the message of pain. I think that at least a few people are interested in it. It's not revolutionary. Why keep wishing for it to be belligerent? I can't. Painting completed my life. I lost three children and a series of other things that would have fulfilled my horrible life. My painting took the place of all of this. I think work is the best.

To trap one's self-suffering is to risk being devoured from the inside.

I paint flowers to prevent them from dying