I feel the need of attaining the maximum of intensity with the minimum of means. It is this which has led me to give my painting a character of even greater bareness.

The spectacle of the sky overwhelms me. Im overwhelmed when I see, in an immense sky, the crescent of the moon, or the sun. There, in my pictures, tiny forms in huge empty spaces. Empty spaces, empty horizons, empty plains - everything which is bare has always greatly impressed me.

When I stand before a canvas, I never know what I'll do, and I am the first one surprised at what comes out.

My characters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have been simplified, they appear more human and alive than if they had been represented in all their details.

Painting or poetry is made as one makes love - a total embrace, prudence thrown to the winds, nothing held back.

You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at the picture for a second and think of it all your life.

Painting must be fertile. It must give birth to a world.. ..it must fertilize the imagination.