Practically all great artists accept the influence of others. But... the artist with vision sees his material, chooses, changes, and by integrating what he has learned with his own experiences, finally molds something distinctly personnel.

I want to see how life can triumph.

Memory embellishes Life. Forgetfulness makes it possible.

Painting and art cannot be taught. You can save time if someone tells you to put blue and yellow together to make green, but the essence of painting is a self-disciplined activity that you have to learn by yourself.

When I conjure these memories, they are of the present to me, because after all, the artist is a kind of enchanter in time.

You put down one color and it calls for an answer. You have to look at it like a melody.

You should always respect what you are and your culture because if your art is going to mean anything, that is where it comes from.