An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.

What you do when you paint, you take a brush full of paint, get paint on the picture, and you have faith.

Every so often, a painter has to destroy painting. Cezanne did it, Picasso did it with Cubism. Then Pollock did it. He busted our idea of a picture all to hell. Then there could be new paintings again.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

The drawings that interest me most are made with closed eyes. With eyes closed, I feel my hand slide down on the paper. I have an image in mind, but the results always surprise me.

I'd like to get all the colors in the world into one painting

In art one idea is as good as another.