SOME CRITICS HAVE TRIED TO CLASSIFY ME AS A SURREALIST, BUT I DON’T CONSIDER MYSELF AS SUCH (…) IN FACT, I DON’T KNOW IF MY PAINTINGS ARE SURREAL OR NOT, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE MOST HONEST EXPRESSION OF MYSELF (…) I HATE SURREALISM. IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE A DECADENT MANIFESTATION OF BOURGEOIS ART. A DEVIATION FROM THE TRUE ART THAT PEOPLE HOPE TO RECEIVE FROM THE ARTIST (…) I WOULD LIKE MY PAINTING AND MYSELF TO BE WORTHY OF THE PEOPLE TO WHOM I BELONG AND THE IDEAS THAT GIVE ME STRENGTH (…) I WOULD LIKE MY WORK TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE STRUGGLE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM…