The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.

The role of a museum of modern art is to make a good selection and identify what we believe to be the coming movements, and that requires taste.

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.

I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally.

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels.