Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion.

When I am halfway there with a painting, it can occasionally be thrilling... But it happens very rarely; usually it's agony... I go to great pains to mask the agony. But the struggle is there. It's the invisible enemy.

Abstract means literally to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract for he must create his own work from his visual impressions. A realistic or non-objective approach makes no difference. The result is what counts.

Mistakes can't be erased, but they move you from your present position.

Somehow don't be bored, but if you must, use it in action. Use its destructive potential.

My freedom consists in my moving about within the narrow frame that I have assigned myself for each one of my undertakings.

Do search, but in order to find other than what is searched for.