The greatest mystery of all is reality.

There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality.

I hardly need to abstract things, for each object is unreal enough already, so unreal that I can only make it real by means of painting.

I believe the reason I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective.

In principle, any abstraction of the object is allowed which has a sufficiently strong creative power behind it.

If you wish to get hold of the invisible you must penetrate as deeply as possible into the visible.

The important thing is first of all to have a real love for the visible world that lies outside ourselves as well as to know the deep secret of what goes on within ourselves.