When German soldiers used to come to my studio and look at my pictures of Guernica, they'd ask 'Did you do this?'. And I'd say, 'No, you did.'

The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is, the less there is.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.

I am only a public entertainer who understands his time.

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?

One must act in painting as in life, directly.