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

Painting is a play of opacities and transparencies.

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

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

I always liked paintings to be walls rather than windows. When we see a painting on a wall, it's a window, so I often put my paintings in the middle of the space to make a wall.

Black ink was always my favorite. I loved it. And then one day I realized that the only thing I ever wanted to do was to paint.

At 16, I decided to do something brave: I went on a prehistoric dig. In fact, I've had my name in a museum since I was 18 years old, not for my painting but for the prehistoric objects I found. That's how I started thinking about art.