“If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse... but surely you will see the wildness!”

“I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.”

“Painting it's a blind man profession. Painter is painting not what he sees but what he feels.”

“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”

“The world doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?”

“What do you think an artist is? ...he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.”

“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”