“A painted surface is a real, living form.”

“Bodies are real entities. Surfaces and lines are but fictitious entities. A surface without depth, a line without thickness, was never seen by any man; no; nor can any conception be seriously formed of its existence.”

“cease to regard the canvas as a surface on which to paint a picture, but instead as a surface on which to record an event”

“Though it may be interesting to know how many hairs there are on the human head, or how the giant red spot on the surface of Jupiter was formed, the real truths we are interested in are those about ourselves.”

“Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic. ”

“People’s lives are often other than they seem to be on the surface. And sometimes, what’s underneath and hidden is the best part of all, the part of real value.”