More Important Than A Work Of Art

I Think Of My Studio As A Vegetable Garden, Where Things Follow Their Natural Course. They Grow, They Ripen. You Have To Graft. You Have To Water.

The Painting Rises From The Brushstrokes As A Poem Rises From The Words. The Meaning Comes Later.

I Begin My Pictures Under The Effect Of A Shock Which I Feel And Which Makes Me Escape From Reality... I Need A Point Of Departure, Even If It's Only A Speck Of Dust Or A Flash Of Light.

The Picture Should Be Fecund. It Must Bring A World To Birth.

If You Have Any Notion Of Where You Are Going, You Will Never Get Anywhere.