I like nature but not its substitutes... Mondrian opposed art to nature saying that art is artificial and nature is natural. I do not share this opinion... Art's origins are natural.

Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb.

Often the hands grasp more quickly than the head.

Dada aimed to destroy the reasonable deceptions of man and recover the natural and unreasonable order.

The essence of a sculpture must enter on tip-toe, as light as animal footprints on snow.

I use very little red. I use blue, yellow, a little green, but especially... black, white and grey. There is a certain need in me for communication with human beings. Black and white is writing.

I allow myself to be guided by the work which is in the process of being born. I have confidence in it. I do not think about it.

All things, and man as well, should be like nature, without measure.

To be full of joy when looking at an oeuvre is not a little thing.

Any work that is not rooted in myth and poetry or that does not partake of the depth and essence of the universe is merely a ghost.

The vertical and the horizontal are the extreme signs available to man for touching the beyond and his inwardness.

If you become full-blown consciousness, everything that can be known will be known to you.

I came to the earth for something, I must do something, and I must live and leave not just anything, but something!

History immortalises both the names of the greats and the tyrants without making a distinction between them.

Don't look up at the mountain. Keep your head down, and take the next step.

I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis.

Kids are naturally gifted at art from a very young age. The problem is when they get older and become self-conscious. The process should always be fun, though.

It's hard to find a book that's safe to write. Because one always goes to dark or difficult places.

This is the first great problem of modern democracy...how to get a fair living by reasonable hours of work leaving enough leisure for both childhood and manhood.

I think that people who have played sports have an ability to relate to people because when you're playing you have to work on teams and with opposing players

The stigma of self-inflicted death is for some people a hateful blot that demands erasure at all costs.