“I put on the canvas whatever comes into my mind.”

There is nothing more precious than laughter.

I don’t know how to write love letters.

Of the opposite sex, I have the moustache and, in general, the face.

Painting completed my life. I lost three children and a series of other things that would have fulfilled my horrible life. My painting took the place of all of this. I think work is the best.

I love you more than my own skin.

Painting completed my life.

To paint is the most terrific thing that there is, but to do it well is very difficult.

Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are magic.

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.

Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?

I want to be inside your darkest everything.

My toys were those of a boy: skates, bicycles.

Mankind owns its destiny, and its destiny is the earth. We are destroying it until we have no destiny.

I do not know whether my paintings are surrealist or not, but I do know that they are the frankest expression of myself.

I paint flowers so they will not die.

I find that Americans completely lack sensibility and good taste. They are boring, and they all have faces like unbaked rolls.

An artist paints so much than his canvas.

A blank canvas is still better than a ruined painting.

Perception is the paintbrush. The reality, the canvas. You are the artist. Create purposefully.

Painting will bring a lot of good thoughts to your heart.

I am the first to be surprised and often terrified by the images that I see appear on my canvas.

Every canvas offers a new perspective.

While I am working I am not conscious of what I am putting on the canvas.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.