The earth doesn't have a housekeeper to do the dusting. And the dust that falls on it every day remains there. Everything that's come down to us from the past has been conserved by dust.

Everything we can dream can be real.

There are more copies than originals among people.

Art is a lie that makes us realise truth ... that is given us to understand.

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

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait.

It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.