I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.

As I get older I'm more and more comfortable being alone.

I'm fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I'd like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people don't like being alone because they truly don't like themselves, but I love me.

I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a single life.

Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.