The vertical and the horizontal are the extreme signs available to man for touching the beyond and his inwardness.

All things, and man as well, should be like nature, without measure.

Often the hands grasp more quickly than the head.

I allow myself to be guided by the work which is in the process of being born. I have confidence in it. I do not think about it.

Ever since my childhood, I was haunted by the search for perfection. An imperfectly cut paper literally made me ill. I would guillotine it.

Any work that is not rooted in myth and poetry or that does not partake of the depth and essence of the universe is merely a ghost.

A painting or sculpture not modelled on any real object is every bit as concrete and sensuous as a leaf or a stone... but it is an incomplete art which privileges the intellect to the detriment of the senses.