“Only the painter who knows his business can create the impression that a picture was done in one stroke.”

“I've been 40 years discovering that the Queen of all colours is black.”

“A painter who has the feel of breasts and buttocks is saved.”

“Pain is not the same as suffering. Left to itself, the body discharges pain spontaneously, letting go of it the moment that the underlying cause is healed. Suffering is pain that we hold on to. It ...”

“In pleasant peace and security How suddenly the soul in a man begins to die He shall look up above the stalled oxen Envying the cruel falcon, And dig under the straw for a stone To bruise himself on.”

“It is amazing, though, what pains your subconscious will undergo in achieve sustainable peace.”

“What passes for sports coverage is terribly sycophantic.”