I like elegance. I like art nouveau; a stretched line or curve. These things are very much in the foreground of my work.

To wear something like that your whole life is the largest compliment someone can pay to you as an artist.

There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.

You know, it was just another presentation of my work, and a funny one, because the cards are quite different from the normal Tarot deck, no?

Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is.

A good many people think as I do. If they like my work they are creative . . . or they are crazy.

My paintings seem to make the strongest impression on people who are, well, who are crazy.