Starting To Paint, I Felt Gloriously Free,

Colours Have Their Own Distinctive Beauty That You Have To Preserve, Just As In Music You Try To Preserve Sounds. It Is A Question Of Organization, Of Finding The Arrangement That Will Keep The Beauty And Freshness Of The Colour

When I Eat A Tomato I Look At It The Way Anyone Else Would. But When I Paint A Tomato, Then I See It Differently.

A Young Painter Who Cannot Liberate Himself From The Influence Of Past Generations Is Digging His Own Grave.

The Use Of Expressive Colors Is Felt To Be One Of The Basic Elements Of The Modern Mentality, An Historical Necessity, Beyond Choice.

I Wouldn't Mind Turning Into A Vermilion Goldfish.