Losing as much money as I can get hold of is an instant solution to my economic problems.

The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh.

A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.

The process of creation becomes necessary to the painter perhaps more than is the picture. The process in fact is habit-forming

The paintings live because their creator has been passionately attentive to their theme, and his attention has left something for us to look at. It seems a sort of miracle.

The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement

My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings.