I don't paint women, I paint pictures. . . What I am after above all is expression. If in a portrait I put eyes, a nose, a mouth, there isn't much use; on the contrary it paralyses the imagination of the spectator, and obliges us to see the person in a certain way.
Art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue.
Art is an escape from reality.
It has always bothered me that I don't paint like everyone else
A certain blue enters your soul. A certain red has an effect on your blood-pressure.
I never retouch a sketch: I take a canvas the same size, as I may change the composition somewhat. But I always strive to give the same feeling, while carrying it on further.