Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects.
My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.
It took me twenty years to discover painting: twenty years looking at nature and above all going to the Louvre.
Painting is a science pursued as an enquiry into the laws of nature...Observation is considered the key to natural science.
When realistic images or patterns are seen in an abstract painting they are often parallels brought about by processes in painting which echo processes in nature.
Only when the habit of one's consciousness to see in paintings bits of nature madonnas and shameless nudes... has disappeared shall we see a pure painting composition.
Painting isn't a question of sensibility; it's a matter of seizing the power taking over from nature not expecting her to supply you with information and good advice.