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.

When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.

A real friend is someone you say a sentence to and they know ten thousand words behind that sentence.

The secret of success is… to be fully awake to everything about you.

The painting has a life of its own

Bums are the well-to-do of this day. They didn't have as far to fall.

Every good painter paints what he is.