If one has such an encounter it is to be expected it will bring him into conflict, especially conflict with himself, because one sometimes literally does not know what to do or what not to do. But is this struggle and even the mistakes one may make, not better, and do they not develop us more than if we keep systematically away from emotions?

I assure you that there's a lot involved in compositions with figures. ... It's like weaving... you must control and keep an eye on several things at once.

It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.

God sends us pieces of art so that we may see ourselves in them

It is difficult to know oneself, but it isn't easy to paint oneself either.

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy.

I want to get to the point where people say of my work, that man feels deeply.