To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed to the spiritual.

Colored planes, by their position and size as well as by their value, express only relationships, not forms.

I, too, find the flower beautiful in its outward appearance. But a deeper beauty lies concealed within.

The unconscious in us warns us that in art we have to followoneparticular path. And if wefollow it, it isnotthe sign of anunconscious act.On the contrary, it showsthat there is in our ordinary consciousness a greater awareness of our unconsciousness.

The emotion of beauty is always obscured by the appearance of the object. Therefore, the object must be eliminated from the picture.

Observing sea, sky and stars, I sought to indicate their plastic function through a multiplicity of crossing verticals and horizontals. Impressed by the vastness of Nature, I was trying to express its expansion, rest and unity.

Vertical and horizontal lines are the expression of two opposing forces; they exist everywhere and dominate everything; their reciprocal action constitutes 'life'. I recognized that the equilibrium of any particular aspect of nature rests on the equivalence of its opposites.