"Het zijn zo van die zaken die onlosmakelijk in mijn geest verbonden zijn, met woorden maak ik een beeld en omgekeerd."

"Tu es le pain et le couteau. Le cristal et le vin."

"Toi qui pâlis au nom de Vancouver, Tu n’as pourtant fait qu’un banal voyage; Tu n’as pas vu les grands perroquets ver…"

"I get up and watch the end of the slow film with him, the dénouement is a damp squib."

"I know I can opt to go along with death But I decide to wake myself up, the roller blinds are dirty And outside peopl…"

"Hugo, [Claus] Now you should see my recent works. A drawing in ink, three pencil drawings and two sketches in oil-pai…"

"Every day I make more progress in technique: understanding of color, the material and the line. [I] can even give bet…"

"[I have] all respect for that neoclassicism [of Piet Mondrian ], but it would sacrifices me too much to architecture.…"

"- As far as my exhibition concerned [opening was 8 May 1954, in Ghent].. ..there is however a recent and important pa…"

"The city offers certainly advantages, I agree. But I think that they do not outweigh the direct, unadulterated inspir…"