All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.

I will either be famous or infamous.

Stop bothering me with your pathetic politics - I'd rather go to the whorehouse.

I'm not that obsessed with making representations of ugliness. Everything I've seen is beautiful.

You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.

All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.

I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.