Artists are born not made. There's nothing you can do for them.

I dont watch TV. I dont use a computer, a fax or a cellphone.

You must put the essence of what you want to say into a painting. The rest is arbitrary. Chosen with discernment, but chosen, and choice involves elimination.

Don't get the green disease of envy. Don't be fooled by success and money. Don't let anything come between you and your work.

Clothing is . . . an exercise in memory. It makes me explore the past: how did I feel when I wore that. They are like signposts in the search for the past.

A work of art doesn't have to be explained.

I have kept a diary as long as I can remember, and drawings are really another kind of diary.