The More Technique You Have, The Less

Today, As You Know, I Am Famous And Very Rich. But When I Am Alone With Myself, I Haven't The 'courage' To Consider Myself An Artist, In The Great And Ancient Sense Of That Word... I Am Only A Public Entertainer, Who Understands His Age.

Painting Is A Blind Man's Profession. He Paints Not What He Sees, But What He Feels, What He Tells Himself About What He Has Seen.

Computers Are Stupid.

If I Paint A Hammer And Sickle People May Think It Is A Representation Of Communism, But For Me It Is Only A Hammer And Sickle. I Just Want To Reproduce The Objects For What They Are, Not For What They Mean.

The Trouble Is, We've Been Taught What To See And How To Render What We See. If Only We Could Be In The Position Of Those Men Who Did Those Wonderful Drawings In Lascaux And Altimira!