Photography has arrived at the point where it is capable of liberating painting from all literature, from the anecdote, and even from the subject. In any case, a certain aspect of the subject now belongs to the domain of photography. So shouldn't painters profit from their newly acquired liberty, and make use of it to do other things?

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face.

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

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

Good designers copy; great designers steal.

What do you think an artist is? ...he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.