To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works is something related to religion, or is indeed religion itself.

Every war carries within it the war which will answer it. Every war is answered by a new war, until everything, everything is smashed.

When Michelangelo was an old man, he drew himself sitting in a child's pushcart.

I can always paint very well with my eyes, but with my hands it doesn't always work out.

There are moments on most days when I feel a deep and sincere gratitude, when I sit at the open window, and there is a blue sky or moving clouds.

I have never been able to carry out any work coolly. On the contrary it is done, so to speak, with my own blood. Anyone who looks at my works must be able to sense that.

It seems to me nowadays that the most important task for someone who is aging is to spread love and warmth whenever possible.