"As far as the surface is concerned – oil on canvas, conventionally applied – my pictures have little to do with the o…"

"Art is not a substitute religion: it is a religion (in the true sense of the word: 'binding back', 'binding' to the u…"

"Picturing things, taking a view, is what makes us human; art is making sense and giving shape to that sense. It is li…"

"Since there is no such thing as absolute rightness and truth, we always pursue the artificial, leading, human truth. …"

"This time the entire floor is covered with cut-up illustrated journals, a new tic and trick of mine (eight days now):…"

"I am primarily painting from photographs these days (from illustrated magazines but also from family photos), in a se…"

"Contact with like-minded painters – a group means a great deal to me: nothing comes in isolation. We have worked out …"

"Composition is a side issue. Its role in my selection of photographs is a negative one at best. By which I mean that …"

"I blur things to make everything equally important and equally unimportant. I blur things so that they do not look ar…"

"[question: How do you interpret your role as a painter in our society?] As a role that everyone has. I would like to …"