Art has nothing to do with taste. Art is not there to be tasted

And Loplop, bird superior, has transformed himself into flesh without flesh and will dwell among us.

Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.

The role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him.

Painting is neither decorative amusement, nor the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation.

Art has nothing to do with taste. Art is not there to be tasted

I have never seen a beautiful painting of a beautiful woman. But you can take an ugly woman and make a beautiful painting of her. It is the painting itself that should be beautiful.