"Cézanne made a cylinder out of a bottle. I start from the cylinder to create a special kind of individual object. I m…"

"I try to make concrete that which is abstract."

"No work which is destined to become a classic can look like the classics which have preceded it. In art, as in biolog…"

"Painting for me is like a fabric, all of a piece and uniform, with one set of threads as the representational, esthet…"

"I always pet a dog with my left hand, because if he bit me, I'd still have my right hand to paint with."

"Gris confounds expectations of the nature of materials. He usually depicts the glass objects as transparent and the o…"

"Although he never visited America, he appeals particularly to Americans."

"Science is systematic organisation of knowledge about the universe on the basis of explanatory hypotheses which are g…"

"Although he confirmed many Indians, he complained of the universal ignorance of Christian doctrine."

"I love having the gift of friendliness, because thanks to that gift, I've been able to talk about Jesus to those arou…"