I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.

If you don't know what color to take, take black.

If you give a meaning to certain things in my paintings it may be very true, but it is not my idea to give this meaning. What ideas and conclusions you have got I obtained too, but instinctively, unconsciously. I make the painting for the painting. I paint the objects for what they are.

The purpose of Art is to create enthusiasm.

If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined up with a line, it might represent a minotaur.

You cannot go against nature. She is stronger than the strongest of men. We can permit ourselves some liberties, but in details only.

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.