If You're An Artist, The Problem Is

The 'women' Had To Do With The Female Painted Through All Ages, All Those Idols, And Maybe I Was Stuck To A Certain Extent; I Couldn't Go On. It Did One Thing For Me: It Eliminated Composition, Arrangement, Relationships, Light - All This Silly Talk About Line, Colour And Form - Because That Was The Thing I Wanted To Get Hold Of.

The Drawings That Interest Me Most Are Made With Closed Eyes. With Eyes Closed, I Feel My Hand Slide Down On The Paper. I Have An Image In Mind, But The Results Always Surprise Me.

In Art, One Idea Is As Good As Another. If One Takes The Idea Of Trembling, For Instance, All Of A Sudden Most Art Starts To Tremble. Michelangelo Starts To Tremble. El Greco Starts To Tremble. All The Impressionists Start To Tremble.

The Attitude That Nature Is Chaotic And That The Artist Puts Order Into It Is A Very Absurd Point Of View, I Think. All That We Can Hope For Is To Put Some Order Into Ourselves.

I Make Pictures And Someone Comes In And Calls It Art.