The painting is finished when the idea has disappeared.
To define a thing is to substitute the definition for the thing itself.
One has to guard against a formula that is good for everything, that can interpret reality in addition to the other arts, and that rather than creating can only result in a style, or a stylization.
I do not believe in things. I believe in relationships.
One has to arrive at a specific temperature, at which the objects become malleable.
One must not imitate what one wants to create.