An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.

After a half-century of hard work and reflection the wall is still there.

It has always bothered me that I don't paint like everyone else

Color, even more than drawing, is a means of liberation.

My curves are not crazy.

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

When I eat a tomato I look at it the way anyone else would. But when I paint a tomato, then I see it differently.