"There is a cliché that the artist is the person who best reflects his time. I am not ready to accept that definition …"

"Every artist would like to communicate, but often he fails to ask himself with whom he is trying to do it."

"I think the term "self-expression" ought to be forbidden. It's finished. A person, if he has a gram of honesty, natur…"

"I look upon my work as a craftsman. I am one of many who practice a craft. I am one of many who have beliefs and fear…"

"I am a painter; I am not a lecturer about art nor a scholar of art. It is my chosen role to paint pictures, not to ta…"

"I would not ordinarily undertake a discussion of form in art, nor would I undertake a discussion of content. To me, t…"

"I think that it can be said with certainty that the form which does emerge cannot be greater than the content which w…"

"However glorious the history of art, the history of artists is quite another matter. And in any well-ordered househol…"

"Whoever would know his day or would capture its essential character must maintain such a degree of detachment."

"I believe that the image I create must contain within it everything man concerns himself with: his hopes, his fears, …"