To arrive is to be in prison.

We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe.

Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium.

The essential thing is to work in a state of mind that approaches prayer.

Drawing is . . . not an exercise of particular dexterity, but above all a means of expressing intimate feelings and moods.

I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into painting.

Precision is not reality