As regards my means of expression, I try my hardest to achieve the maximum of clarity, power, and plastic aggressiveness; a physical sensation to begin with, followed up by an impact on the psyche.

The painting rises from the brushstrokes as a poem rises from the words. The meaning comes later.

You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at the picture for a second and think of it all your life.

A simple line painted with the brush can lead to freedom and happiness.

More important than a work of art itself is what it will sow. Art can die, a painting can disappear. What counts is the seed.

Poetry and painting are done in the same way you make love; it's an exchange of blood, a total embrace - without caution, without any thought of protecting yourself.

To gain freedom is to gain simplicity.

If you have any notion of where you are going, you will never get anywhere.

When I stand before a canvas, I never know what I'll do, and I am the first one surprised at what comes out.

What I am seeking... is a motionless movement, something equivalent to what is called the eloquence of silence.

I think of my studio as a vegetable garden, where things follow their natural course. They grow, they ripen. You have to graft. You have to water.

The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?

Tact is an ability to live in the midst of ugliness without getting ugly.

not having a space you can call your own is dangerous. Everyone needs a sanctuary.

If, living in the world, you refuse to be a part of it, you will help other out of this chaos - not in the future, not tomorrow, but now.

My mom loved rock 'n roll. My father hated it. We couldn't play it when he was around.

I think that some people from other regions expect us to be like that so I think they overcompensate for that sometimes and they're victims to their own insecurity.

We need to put no confidence in the arm of flesh, but rather trust ourselves entirely to the arm of the Lord.

As architects we're trained to solve problems, but I don't really believe in architectural problems. I only believe in opportunities.

India is essentially a karmabhumi (land of duty) in contradistinction to bhogabhumi (land of enjoyment).

I think there's a lot of unnecessary bullshit on the Internet. You can drown in it.