We Don't Grow Older, We Grow Riper.

Whatever Is Most Abstract May Perhaps Be The Summit Of Reality.

Nothing Can Be Done Without Solitude. I've Created My Own Solitude Which Nobody Suspects

I Begin With An Idea And Then It Becomes Something Else.

Photography Has Arrived At The Point Where It Is Capable Of Liberating Painting From All Literature, From The Anecdote, And Even From The Subject. In Any Case, A Certain Aspect Of The Subject Now Belongs To The Domain Of Photography. So Shouldn't Painters Profit From Their Newly Acquired Liberty, And Make Use Of It To Do Other Things?

I Always Forbade Everyone To Clean My Studios, Dust Them, Not Only For Fear They Would Disturb My Things, But Especially Because I Always Counted On The Protection Of Dust. It's My Ally. I Always Let It Settle Where It Likes. It's Like A Layer Of Protection.