Living Is More A Question Of What

The Only Thing That Is Not Art Is Inattention

The Word 'art' Interests Me Very Much. If It Comes From Sanskrit, As I've Heard, It Signifies 'making.

Society Takes What It Wants. The Artist Himself Does Not Count, Because There Is No Actual Existence For The Work Of Art. The Work Of Art Is Always Based On The Two Poles Of The Onlooker And The Maker, And The Spark That Comes From The Bipolar Action Gives Birth To Something - Like Electricity. But The Onlooker Has The Last Word, And It Is Always Posterity That Makes The Masterpiece. The Artist Should Not Concern Himself With This, Because It Has Nothing To Do With Him.

I Have Forced Myself To Contradict Myself In Order To Avoid Conforming To My Own Taste.

No, The Thing To Do Is Try To Make A Painting That Will Be Alive In Your Own Lifetime.