Painting isn't just pretty or pleasant; it is something that helps you to stand alone and face yourself.

I always loved to paint. As a kid, I liked to dip my paintbrush in black ink. They gave colors to me to use, but I didn't like them very much.

For me, it's important to experience aesthetic shock, which sets in motion our imagination, our emotions, our feelings, and our thoughts. That's the purpose of a painting and of art in general.

Painting allows us to live in a more interesting way than we live our everyday lives.

I am against limitations like perspective. Perspective is illusion, it's the opposite of presence, and art is presence.

I never want to stop painting. I'm 94 now. What's my secret? I just keep thinking about the painting I'm going to do tomorrow.

If painting doesn't offer a way to dream and create emotions, then it's not worth it.