That which interests me above all else is the calligraphy of a tree or the tiles of a roof, and I mean leaf by leaf, branch by branch, blade by blade of grass.

The painting rises from the brushstrokes as a poem rises from the words. The meaning comes later.

You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at the picture for a second and think of it all your life.

A simple line painted with the brush can lead to freedom and happiness.

More important than a work of art itself is what it will sow. Art can die, a painting can disappear. What counts is the seed.

Poetry and painting are done in the same way you make love; it's an exchange of blood, a total embrace - without caution, without any thought of protecting yourself.

To gain freedom is to gain simplicity.

If you have any notion of where you are going, you will never get anywhere.

When I stand before a canvas, I never know what I'll do, and I am the first one surprised at what comes out.

What I am seeking... is a motionless movement, something equivalent to what is called the eloquence of silence.

I think of my studio as a vegetable garden, where things follow their natural course. They grow, they ripen. You have to graft. You have to water.

There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other w

We are a model country where gender equality is concerned.

I'm an artist, so I love the graphic design of Instagram.

And our dreams, with what frivolity we have pared them like toenails, clipped them like ends of split hair.

I can't play a slave.

I do not believe in personal immortality; it seems so unnecessary. Show me one man who deserves to live forever.

I was a sidelines child: never class president, never team captain, never the one with the most valentines in my box.

What happens when it’s 2 a.m. and you’re alone in a hotel room with the devil’s minibar? Minibar – one; Marissa – zero.

Nothing hurts if you don't let it.

I have always admired the ability to bite off more than one can chew and then chew it.