This Idea Of Art For Art's Sake

If You Give A Meaning To Certain Things In My Paintings It May Be Very True, But It Is Not My Idea To Give This Meaning. What Ideas And Conclusions You Have Got I Obtained Too, But Instinctively, Unconsciously. I Make The Painting For The Painting. I Paint The Objects For What They Are.

All Children Paint Like Geniuses. What Do We Do To Them That So Quickly Dulls This Ability?

The Different Styles I Have Been Using In My Art Must Not Be Seen As An Evolution, Or As Steps Towards An Unknown Ideal Of Painting. Everything I Have Ever Made Was Made For The Present And With The Hope That It Would Always Remain In The Present.

Those Trying To Explain Pictures Are As A Rule Completely Mistaken.

One Does A Whole Painting For One Peach And People Think Just The Opposite - That Particular Peach Is But A Detail.