"I will not paint objects as they are. I will paint them as I see them."

"I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life."

"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else."

"I have always been afraid of things that are too sweet."

"I have always been interested in the earth. The way it feels under my feet."