I have drawn people's attention to the fact that art is a mirage. A mirage, just like the oasis that appears in the desert. It is very beautiful, until the moment when you die of thirst, obviously. But we do not die of thirst in the field of art. The mirage has substance.

Artmaking is making the invisible, visible.

Possible reality [is obtained] by slightly bending physical and chemical laws.

An abstract painting need in 50 years by no means look "abstract" any longer.

My idea was to chose an object that wouldn't attract me, either by its beauty or by its ugliness. To find a point of indifference in my looking at it, you see

The most interesting thing about artists is how they live

No, the thing to do is try to make a painting that will be alive in your own lifetime.