"My art is rooted in a single reflection: why am I not as others are?"

"My art is really a voluntary confession and an attempt to make clear to myself my relationship to life."

"When I painted, I was a master. I felt that I dominated him, who dominated me."

"Had I been in possession of the as yet undiscovered little remote telephone which one carries around in one's pocket, you would have long ago received communications from me."

"I remained immobile trembling from anguish and I heard bounce through nature an immense infinite scream."