Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.

Why not grow something useful, like potatoes?

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope.

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.

Let me look upward into the branches of the flowering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well.