The Only Thing That's Important

When I Paint A Woman In An Armchair, The Armchair Is There To Show Illness And Death-or As A Protection.

There Is No Abstract Art. You Must Always Start With Something. Afterward You Can Remove All Traces Of Reality.

It Is The Object Which Aroused The Artist, Stimulated His Ideas And Set Of His Emotions. These Ideas And Emotions Will Be Imprisoned In His Work For Good.

We Must Not Discriminate Between Things. Where Things Are Concerned There Are No Class Distinctions. We Must Pick Out What Is Good For Us Where We Can Find It.

I'd Like To Live As A Poor Man With Lots Of Money.