I always felt that a painted edge between two colors was a depiction somehow.

Shape and color are my two strong things. And by doing this, drawing plants has always led me into my paintings and my sculptures.

I don't like mixed colors that much, like plum color or deep, deep colors that are hard to define.

I've always wanted... I wanted to give people joy.

One of the first drawings I did in Paris - I wasn't thinking of doing drawings, but somehow or other, I kept drawing - I bought a hyacinth flower with a lot of leaves, just to make me feel like spring.

I'm interested in the space between the viewer and the surface of the painting - the forms and the way they work in their surroundings. I'm interested in how they react to a room.