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.

The essence of painting has actually always been to make it [the universal] plastically perceptible through colour and line.

The truly modern artist is aware of abstraction in an emotion of beauty.

I wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arrive at the fundamental quality of objects.

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.

The only problem in art is to achieve a balance between the subjective and the objective.

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