Whatever the source of emotion that drives me to create, I want to give it a form which has some connection with the visible world, even if it is only to wage war on that world....I want my paintings to be able to defend themselves to resist the invader, just as though there were razor blades on all surfaces so no one could touch them without cutting his hands.

I am always making that what I am not capable, in an attempt to learn how to doing it.

All children paint like geniuses. What do we do to them that so quickly dulls this ability?

A painter is a man who paints what he sells; an artist, on the other hand, is a man who sells what he paints.

It takes a long time to become young.

Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.

When I am told I am too old to do something, I try to do it right away.