"Through art, I want to show people the terrible and the beautiful in life."

"The lines and colors of a picture are like words in a poem."

"The strange light illuminated all those night-time meetings that took place in every imaginable sort of café; the lips mouthing defiant words, heedless of restraint or consequence, often overbearing a…"

"Painting picture by picture, I followed the impressions my eye took in at heightened moments. I painted only memories, adding nothing, no details that I did not see. Hence the simplicity of the painti…"

"An old wise man's soul has taken up residence in my dog."