Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense of things.

They are imbeciles who call my work abstract. That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things.

What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface.

There's a real sense of camaraderie with sitcoms.

There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning.

I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.