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.

The greatest mystery of all is reality.

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

What are you? What am I? Those are the questions that constantly persecute and torment me and perhaps also play some part in my art.

Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play.

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.

What matters is real love for things of the world outside us and for the deep secrets within us.