A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is.