You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters; creation is all.
Give me a museum and I'll fill it.
The more technique there is, the less there is
Abstract art is only painting. And what's so dramatic about that? There is no abstract art. One must always begin with something. Afterwards one can remove all semblance of reality; there is no longer any danger as the idea of the object has left an indelible imprint.
A painter is a man who paints what he sells; an artist, on the other hand, is a man who sells what he paints.