My father's parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the theatre and all such nonsense, you know.

In Italy the artist is a god. Now if the artist is a god, the scientist is likewise a god.

Easy-to know that diamonds-are precious, Good-to learn that rubies-have depth, But more-to see that pebbles-are miraculous.

Thus art is not an object, it is an experience.

I start from experience and read. . .always between polarities - loud and not-loud, young and old, spring and winter. If I can make black and white behave together instead of shooting at each other only, I feel proud.

A painter paints because he has no time not to paint.

I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing.