Those who attempts to explain a picture are on the wrong track most of the time.
Art is not chaste. Those ill prepared should be allowed no contact with art. Art is dangerous. If it is chaste, it is not art.
To be young, really young, takes a very long time.
When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired.
I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand dollars and that's a luxury I cannot afford.
As an artist, all I need is my paints and brushes - and someone to drag me away when the canvas is done