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On my first days here I did not start work immediately but, as planned, I took it easy for a few days - flicked through books, studied Japanese art a little.
I can paint and draw. I believe this myself and a few other people say that they believe this too. But I'm not certain of whether it's true.
There is nothing that special to see when looking at me. I'm a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening - figure pictures and landscapes, more rarely portraits.
Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open.
If the weather is good I go into the nearby wood - there I am painting a small beech forest (in the sun) with a few conifers mixed in. This takes until 8 'o clock.
All art is erotic.
Although even when I am being idle I have plenty of food for thought both early and late - thoughts both about and not about art.
There is no self-portrait of me.
I have never painted a self-portrait. I am less interested in myself as a subject for a painting than I am in other people, above all women ... There is nothing special about me. I am a painter who paints day after day from morning to night ... Who ever wants to know something about me ... ought to look carefully at my pictures.
There is always hope, as long as the canvases are empty.
Even when I have to write a simple letter I'm scared stiff as if faced with looming seasickness.
Art is a line around your thoughts.
Truth is like fire; to tell the truth means to glow and burn.
