the 'total overpaintings' developed... through incessant reworking. The original motif peeped through the edges. Gradually it vanished completely.

The principles of my works... are the extinction of expression, permanent covering and contemplative tranquillity... My ideal is the completely dark picture, full of some overwhelming silence.

Sometimes I had to force the overpainting of three corners almost without any feeling for shape, almost without inspiration, only to find my way back, to get out of this hell.

Only an 'almost,' a 'nearly,' is possible.

... I felt like a new man; but I was disappointed with the photographic documentation because I still saw always the old self.

I have settled down in this border area; I am trying to find distinct standards of shape, and I long to experience, formulate, and evoke this dark, heavy, tranquillity.

I believe that we have the ability to change our lives using our imaginations. Imagination is a muscle—the more you use it, the stronger it gets.

Thinking of it, and doing it… they're not the same.

I feel that people spend as much time skipping songs as they do listening to them in their library.

Take things slowly. No need to worry about it. Plenty of people moved things and couldn't remember they'd done it.

The audience seems hazy to me, shrouded in a veil through which I can't see.

When you possess great treasures within you and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed.

Families have a citizenship which is divine. The identity card they have is given to them by God. So that within the heart of the family, truth, goodness and beauty may truly grow.

I concede that segregation can allay social tensions immediately, but it further debilitates us in the long run.

Your enlightenment is more powerful than your ignorance.