Banal ideas cannot be rescued by beautiful execution.

Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.

The idea part is simple but the visual perception is complex.

Formal art is essentially rational.

The artist’s aim is not to instruct the viewer, but to give information, whether the viewer understands the information is incidental to the artist.

When words such as painting and sculpture are used, they connote a whole tradition and imply a consequent acceptance of this tradition, thus placing limitations on the artist who would be reluctant to make art that goes beyond the limitations.

I didn't want to save art - I respected the older artists too much to think art needed saving. But I knew it was finished, even though, at that time, I didn't know what I would do.