I think I have never yet done any work with the aim of symbolizing a particular idea, but the fact that a symbol is sometimes discovered or remarked upon is valuable for me because it makes it easier to accept the inexplicable nature of my hobbies, which constantly preoccupy me.

I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.

Drawing is deception.

The things I want to express are so beautiful and pure.

For me it remains an open question whether [this work] pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of art.

What I give form to in daylight is only one per cent of what I have seen in darkness.

As far as I know, there is no proof whatever of the existence of an objective reality apart from our senses, and I do not see why we should accept the outside world as such solely by virtue of our senses.