Oskar Kokoschka

"I cannot say why I wanted to paint. The only answer is in the pictures themselves."

"My plays are not didactic... they simply express my attitude to my world."

"The awareness of imagery is part of living... a life which derives its power from within itself will focus on the perception... of images."

"Open your eyes at last and see... now I will open the book of the world for you, there are no words in it, just pictures."