The goal is always to make a nice tableau painting with the voice. The more color I can find, the more shadow I can find - the goal is always to make more nuance and colors.
Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really.
Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.
Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.
Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century.
Painting pictures didn't make me a lot of money. I have to eat.
Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting.
Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.