Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist while still achieving milestones and outcomes as required by certain funders and policy-makers.

When I paint a woman in an armchair, the armchair is there to show illness and death-or as a protection.

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.

The purpose of Art is to create enthusiasm.

There's nothing so similar to one poodle dog as another poodle dog, and that goes for women, too.

I want to get to the stage where nobody can tell how a picture of mine is done. What's the point of that? Simply that I want nothing but emotion given off by it.

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?