The best calculation is the absence of calculation. Once you have attained a certain level of recognition, others generally figure that when you do something, it's for an intelligent reason. So it's really foolish to plot out your movements too carefully in advance. You're better off acting capriciously.

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

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

When I enter the studio, I leave my body at the door the way the Moslems leave their shoes when they enter the mosque, and I only allow my spirit to go in there and paint.

People want Art. And they are given it. But the less Art there is in painting the more painting there is.

There are more copies than originals among people.

Good taste is the enemy of creativity.