The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does.

I've painted, but I've also done graphics since as long as I can remember. So even people with little to spend could afford it. But even the graphic works are only bought by those who buy the big, expensive paintings. I think that's troublesome.

A painter doesn't need any talent. In fact, it's better not to have it.

In a place like the Guggenheim, I would like to be a representative of arte povera. This would be my ideal.

Unlike the expressionists, I have never been interested in renewing the world through the vehicle of art.

I don't paint over my paintings with black paint. I paint black paintings. It isn't because I'm sad, just as I didn't paint red paintings yesterday because I was happy. Nor will I paint yellow paintings tomorrow because I'm jealous.

I don't see art as entertainment.