Frustration is one of the great things in art. Satisfaction is nothing.

If the artist starts evaluating himself, it’s an enormous block, isn’t it?

To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.

There is something mysterious in this work that I do not ever what to discover.

I do not see why the loss of faith in the known image and symbol in our time should be celebrated as a freedom. It is a loss from which we suffer, and this pathos motivates modern painting and poetry at its heart.

No good to paint in the head - what happens is what happens when you put the paint down - you can only hope that you are alert - ready - to see. What joy it is for paint to become a thing - a being. Believe in this miracle - it is your only hope. To will this transformation is not possible. Only a slow maturation can prepare the hand and eye to become quicker than ever. Ideas about art don't matter. They collapse anyway in front of the painting.

I should like to paint like an man who has never seen a painting, but this man -myself - lives in a museum.