Height, width, and depth are the three phenomena which I must transfer into one plane to form the abstract surface of the picture, and thus to protect myself from the infinity of space.

What I want to show in my work is the idea which hides itself behind so-called reality.

The greatest mystery of all is reality.

One of my problems is to find the self.

There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality.

My figures come and go, suggested by fortune or misfortune. I try to fix them divested of their apparent accidental quality.

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