I make up a set of rules and play within those rules until I win.
With love I draw what I hate.
Painting is still to a great extent dominated by a central image; corners in most cases are like uninvited guests at a party, uneasy and unattended.
I am interested in doing something that cannot be explained.
I don't believe anyone really likes paint, unless he's tempted to eat it. 
Thomson's small oil sketches of the last years palpitate and throb. They are as direct in attack as a punch in the nose.
Any artist who doesn't think he's the best should quit. 