Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand dollars -- it's a luxury I can't afford.

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then it becomes something quite different.