In relations with people, as in art, if you always stick to style, manners, and what will work, and you're never caught off guard, then some beautiful experiences never happen.

I don't start with a color order, but find the colors as I go.

I had the landscape in my arms as I painted it. I had the landscape in my mind and shoulder and wrist.

I'd rather risk an ugly surprise than rely on things I know I can do.

You have to know how to use the accident, how to recognise it, how to control it, and ways to eliminate it so that the whole surface looks felt and born all at once.

There are no rules. That is how art is born, how breakthroughs happen. Go against the rules or ignore the rules. That is what invention is about.

The question of sex will take care of itself.