From the moment I held the box of colors in my hands, I knew this was my life. I threw myself into it like a beast that plunges towards the thing it loves.

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope.

Nothing can be accomplished without love.

When I put a green, it is not grass. When I put a blue, it is not the sky.

I am curious about color as one would be visiting a new country, because I have never concentrated so closely on color expression. Up to now I have waited at the gates of the temple.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.