“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.”

“The abstract artist has given material existence to many unseen worlds and tempi.”

“I don’t listen to what art critics say. I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.”

“The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.”

“Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot physically see with his eyes… Abstract art enables the artist to perceive beyond the tangible, to extract the infinite out of the finite. It is the emancipation of the mind. It is an explosion into unknown areas.”