I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

They'll sell you thousands of greens. Veronese green and emerald green and cadmium green and any sort of green you like; but that particular green, never.

Painting is not made to decorate apartments. It's an offensive and defensive weapon against the enemy. (about Guernica).

Painting is stronger than me, it makes me do it's bidding.

He was an Afghan Hound name Kabul. Since him I have had other Afghan Hounds.... Perhaps I am looking for his ghost. He is the only one that I sometimes think about. Often, if he comes in to my mind when I am working, it alters what I do. The nose on the face I am drawing gets longer and sharper. The hair of the woman I am sketching gets longer and fluffy, resting against her cheeks like his ears rested against his head.

They are not men, they are not women, they are Americans.

As an artist, all I need is my paints and brushes - and someone to drag me away when the canvas is done