I like to convey the idea that art is important in everyday life.

I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.

I think it's so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary--you're happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.

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

The meaning of a word - to me - is not as exact as the meaning of a color. Colors and shapes make a more definite statement than words.

A flower is relatively small... Still in a way-nobody sees a flower-so I said to myself-I'll paint it big.

It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.