An artist can show things that other people are terrified of expressing.

Surrealism is anathema for me. Because the surrealists made a joke of everything. And I consider life a tragedy.

Women had to work like slaves in the art world, but a lot of men got to the top through their charm. And it hurt them. To be young and pretty didn't help a woman in the art world, because the social scene, and the buying scene, was in the hands of women - women who had money. They wanted male artists who would come alone and be their charming guests. Rothko could be very charming. It was a court. And the artist buffoons came to the court to entertain, to charm. Now it has changed, now the younger men are in - older women and younger men.

I found in rules of mathematics a peace and a trust that I could not place in human beings. This sublimation was total and remained total.

The spider is an animal who eats mosquitoes. That's why I love the spider - it is the only way we have to deal with these insects.

My knives are like a tongue - I love, I do not love, I hate. If you don’t love me, I am ready to attack. I am a double-edged knife.

Art is a way of recognizing oneself.