Lord, Protect Me From What I Want!

Abstract Art Is Only Painting. And What's So Dramatic About That? There Is No Abstract Art. One Must Always Begin With Something. Afterwards One Can Remove All Semblance Of Reality; There Is No Longer Any Danger As The Idea Of The Object Has Left An Indelible Imprint.

Art Sweeps The Everyday Dust From Your Soul.

The Quality Of A Painter Depends On The Amount Of Past He Carries With Him.

...art Is Something Subversive. It's Something That Should Not Be Free. Art And Liberty, Like The Fire Of Prometheus, Are Things That One Must Steal, To Be Used Against The Established Order.

When I Paint A Woman In An Armchair, The Armchair Is There To Show Illness And Death-or As A Protection.