...art is something subversive. It's something that should not be free. Art and liberty, like the fire of Prometheus, are things that one must steal, to be used against the established order.

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

The only thing emanating from my pictures should be emotion.

There's nothing more difficult than a line.

If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse... but surely you will see the wildness!

We have a definite but unknown quantity of experience at our disposal. As soon as the hourglass is turned, the sand will begin to run out and once it starts, it cannot stop until it's all gone.

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.