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

To be an artist, you need to exist in a world of silence.

Everyone should have the right to marry. To make a commitment to love someone forever is a beautiful thing.

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

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

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

... geometry became a symbol for human relations, except that it was better, because in geometry things never go bad. If certain things occur, if certain lines meet, an angle is born. You cannot fail. It's not going to fail; it is eternal. 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. Thus, I'm able to avoid or manipulate or process pain.