"A work of art must carry in itself its complete significance and impose it upon the beholder even before he can identify the subject matter."

"It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else."

"A large part of the beauty of a picture comes from the relationship the painter has with the things he has before him."

"If I close my eyes, I see things better than with my eyes open."

"My choice of colors is not based on any scientific theory; it is based on observation, on feeling, on the very nature of the experience."