One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.

When you draw conclusions, you had better have a sharp pencil.

Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really.

When I close my eyes to draw I always think Chicago in 1975.

I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings.

I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings.