What is conserved in the ground? Stone, bronze, ivory, bone, sometimes pottery. Never wood objects, no fabric or skins. That completely skews our notions about primitive man.

I work with few colors, what creates the illusion of quantity is that they fell in the right place.

Now there is fame! Of all - hunger, misery, the incomprehension by the public - fame is by far the worst. It is the castigation of God by the artist. It is sad. It is true.

Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.

If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.

Never copy yourself, always copy someone else.

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