Painting is a play of opacities and transparencies.

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

I realized that most people waste their lives earning a living, and I wanted to live. I love painting, so I keep painting. That's how I became an artist.

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

It's fascinating to think that as soon as man came into existence, he started painting.

I've always loved black, and I realized that, from the beginning, man went into completely dark caves to paint. They painted with black too. They could have painted with white because there were white stones all over the ground, but no, they chose to paint with black in the dark.

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.