When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.

On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting.

The painter locks himself out of his own studio. And then has to break in like a thief.

The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.

I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them.

Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

I do not paint nature. I am nature.