No, painting is not interior decoration. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy.

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

It takes a long time to become young.

I understand my own pictures best six months after I have done them.

For being a bad student I was banished to the 'calaboose' - a bare cell with whitewashed walls and a bench to sit on. I liked it there, because I took along a sketch pad and drew incessantly I could have stayed there forever drawing without stopping

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

If one knows exactly what is going to be done, why do it?