"Certainly a chair can be just as interesting as a human being. But first the chair must be perceived by a human being… You should not paint the chair, but only what someone has felt about it."

"When I painted, I was a master. I felt that I dominated him, who dominated me."

"What I am seeking is not the real and not the unreal but rather the unconscious, the mystery of the instinctive in the human race."

"Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light."

"My art is rooted in a single reflection: why am I not as others are? Why was there a curse on my cradle? Why did I come into the world without a choice?"