There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

I try to paint what I have found and not what I look for. In art, intentions are of little importance.

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.

When I am finished painting, I paint again for relaxation.

When I was a kid I drew like Michelangelo. It took me years to learn to draw like a kid.

Abstract art is only painting. And what's so dramatic about that? There is no abstract art. One must always begin with something. Afterwards one can remove all semblance of reality; there is no longer any danger as the idea of the object has left an indelible imprint.