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

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.

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

For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings.

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."

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

The simplest things give me ideas.