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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.