When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't.

The character of the artist doesn't enter into the nature of the art.

Now that I know what I want, I don't have to hold on to it quite so much.

I want paint to work as flesh.

The painter’s obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.

The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement.

The character of the artist doesn’t enter into the nature of the art.

The only secret I can claim to have is concentration, and that’s something that can’t be taught.

As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does.

Sometimes, when I’ve been staring too hard, I’ve noticed that I could see the circumference of my own eye.