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

How could Michelangelo have seen his David in a block of marble? Man began to make images only because he discovered them nearly formed around him, already within reach. He saw them in a bone, in the bumps of a cave, in a piece of wood. One form suggested a woman to him, another a buffalo, still another the head of a monster.

The more technique there is, the less there is

If I could say this I wouldn't have to paint.

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.

Through art we express our conception of what nature is not.

I imitate everyone except myself.