Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination... I photograph the things I don't want to paint, things that are already in existence.
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.