I think the genius of painting doesn’t lie in the painter’s skills or in their ability to portray or draw something. But it’s very much in the freedom with which you allow yourself to paint things. I think that’s very important. And I think what makes a painting great resides in this very tension: the tension between what you project or what you have in mind, and how nonchalant and careless you can be when you do it.

「我認為繪畫的精妙之處不在於技巧，或描繪或刻畫某些事物的能力，而是畫家能否自由地描繪心中所想。對我而言，這是非常重要的。一幅畫出色與否，取決於畫家能否隨心而行、無拘無束地，將腦海裡的形象描繪出來。」