Once, after finishing a picture, I thought I would stop for awhile, take a trip, do things-the next time I thought of this, I found five years had gone by.

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.

Content is a glimpse.

Even an abstract form has to have a likeness.

In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of trembling, for instance, all of a sudden most art starts to tremble. Michelangelo starts to tremble. El Greco starts to tremble. All the Impressionists start to tremble.

Content is a glimpse of something, an encounter like a flash. It's very tiny - very tiny. Content.

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