It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.

The more technique there is, the less there is

It would be very curious to record by means of photographs, not the stage of the picture, but its metamorphoses. Perhaps one would perceive the path taken by the mind in order to put its dreams into a concrete form. But what is really very curious is to observe that fundamentally the picture does not change, that despite appearances the initial vision remains almost intact.

I'm always doing things I can't do. That's how I get to do them.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired.

I have had no true friends, only lovers.