“Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist”

“An object is not so attached to its name that we cannot find another one that would suit it better.”

“This is not a pipe.”

“Visible things can be invisible. However, our powers of thought grasp both the visible and the invisible – and I make use of painting to render thoughts visible.”

“Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see, but it is impossible. Humans hide their secrets too well....”

“If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream.”

“I do not like money, either for itself or for what it can buy, since I want nothing we know about.”