Art is always subject to change in a moment by somebody who's strong enough to shed new light on it.

It's my duty to sell the ideas. But there's always a question when it comes to beauty.

I'm absolutely convinced that people cannot look and read at the same time. Not any more than you can kneel and jump at the same time. It's a completely different physiological setting.

I have a total responsibility to the reader. The reader has to trust me and never feel betrayed.

I have painted enough to have a lot of respect for mediocre painters. It's really hard.

Rembrandt was way ahead of his time. It's as if he was painting an amateur theatrical, or a professional theatrical, in his studio. It's a kind of performance.

I do have pleasure when I'm writing. I mean, I'm aware of pleasure. And sometimes I make myself laugh, with a joke or something; or I feel gleeful.