For me, a painting must give off sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem.

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

A simple line painted with the brush can lead to freedom and happiness.

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

I believe that to do anything in this world one needs a love for risk and adventure, and above all, to be able to do without what middle-class families call "future."

The more I work, the more I want to work.

Throughout the time in which I am working on a canvas I can feel how I am beginning to love it, with that love which is born of slow comprehension.