I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea.

I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life.

Old art offers just as good a criticism of new art as new art offers of old.

I love drawings, so I've always enjoyed making drawings that exist on their own.

Generally, I am opposed to painting which is concerned with conceptions of simplicity. Everything looks busy to me.

One works without thinking how to work.

Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then see it. Both are impure situations, and I prefer neither. At every point in nature there is something to see. My work contains similar possibilities for the changing focus of the eye.