Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

...nature and art are two different things. Through art we express our conception of what nature is not.

There is no abstract art. You must always begin with something.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Everything you can imagine is real.

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

Everyone wants to understand painting. Why don't they try to understand the singing of birds? People love the night, a flower, everything which surrounds them without trying to understand them. But painting-that they must understand.

I understand my own pictures best six months after I have done them.