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.

Prehistoric art came to move me much more than Greek art. Greek art has beautiful women and handsome men, but I don't care.

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

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

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

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.

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.