I'm a painter, really. To be successful, you have to go to Hollywood, and I didn't like to travel.

You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have not analyzed why they have turned out like this or like that.

There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.

I like elegance. I like art nouveau; a stretched line or curve. These things are very much in the foreground of my work.

You get talent when you discover the ground of your pain.

Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is.