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.

Art is not truth; art is the lie which makes us see the truth.

Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy.

Nothing can be done without solitude. I've created my own solitude which nobody suspects

A painting only lives in the eye of the beholder

I paint the way some people write an autobiography. The paintings, finished or not, are the pages from my diary.

For me painting is a dramatic action in the course of which reality finds itself split apart