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.

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

No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.

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.

It is my duty to voice the sufferings of humankind, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain high. This is my task, but it is not an easy one to fulfill.

I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me, until the last small twig has grown.

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