I know I can not paint a flower, I can not paint the sun on the desert on a bright summer morning but maybe in terms of paint colour I can convey to you my experience of the flower or the experience that makes the flower of significance to me at that particular time.

I believe an artist is the last person in the world who can afford to be affected.

There's something about black. You feel hidden away in it.

I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say in paint.

I want real things ... music that makes holes in the sky.

I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to.

I've been afraid every single day of my life, but I've gone ahead and done it anyway.