When I Work I Relax; Doing Nothing

If You Give A Meaning To Certain Things In My Paintings It May Be Very True, But It Is Not My Idea To Give This Meaning. What Ideas And Conclusions You Have Got I Obtained Too, But Instinctively, Unconsciously. I Make The Painting For The Painting. I Paint The Objects For What They Are.

It Takes A Long Time To Become Young.

The Painter Goes Through States Of Fullness And Evaluation. That Is The Whole Secret Of Art.

I Have A Real Passion For Bones. I Have Many Others In Boisgeloup: Skeletons Of Birds, Dog's And Sheep's Heads. I Even Have A Rhinoceros Skull.

The First Half Of Life Is Learning To Be An Adult-the Second Half Is Learning To Be A Child.