The Space Between The Dish

I Considered That The Painter's Personality Should Be Kept Out Of Things, And Therefore Pictures Should Be Anonymous. It Was I Who Decided That Pictures Should Not Be Signed, And For A Time Picasso Did The Same.

Nature Is A Mere Pretext For A Decorative Composition, Plus Sentiment. It Suggests Emotion, And I Translate That Emotion Into Art.

Art Is A Wound Turned Into Light.

Reality Only Reveals Itself When It Is Illuminated By A Ray Of Poetry.

I Wanted To Create A Kind Of Substance By Means Of Brush-work. But That Is The Kind Of Discovery Which One Makes Gradually... Thus It Was That I Subsequently Began To Introduce Sand, Sawdust And Metal Filings Into My Pictures.