Democracy with its semi-civilization sincerely cherishes junk. The artists power should be spiritual. But the power of the majority is material. When these worlds meet occasionally, it is pure coincidence.

You adapt yourself to the contents of the paintbox.

Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view.

For the understanding of a picture a chair is needed. Why a chair? To prevent the legs, as they tire, from interfering with the mind

Art does not reproduce the visible; it makes visible.

Art doesn't reflect what we see; it makes us see.

Everything vanishes around me, and works are born as if out of the void. Ripe, graphic fruits fall off. My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote will.