I like living, breathing better than working…my art is that of living. Each second, each breath is a work which is inscribed nowhere, which is neither visual nor cerebral, it’s a sort of constant euphoria.
I force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.
I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.
The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because I’ve noticed that most artists only repeat themselves.
Art is not about itself but the attention we bring to it.
To all appearances, the artist acts like a mediumistic being who, from the labyrinth beyond time and space, seeks his way out to a clearing.
Possible reality [is obtained] by slightly bending physical and chemical laws.
As soon as we start putting our thoughts into words and sentences everything gets distorted, language is just no damn good—I use it because I have to, but I don’t put any trust in it. We never understand each other.
It’s not what you see that is art art is the gap.
Dada was an extreme protest against the physical side of painting. It was a metaphysical attitude.
Humor and laughter – not necessarily derogatory derision – are my pet tools. This may come from my general philosophy of never taking the world too seriously – for fear of dying of boredom.
One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom one doesn’t want to go to the office every morning.
Tradition is the great misleader because it’s too easy to follow what has already been done – even though you may think you’re giving it a kick. I was really trying to invent, instead of merely expressing myself.
I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art – and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.
What art is, in reality, is this missing link, not the links which exist. It’s not what you see that is art; art is the gap.