In the 1960s, I was strongly attached to that art. I also have a great interest in it. This is truer of my sculpture than my painting, because there are practically no models for painting. I am an artist from the Third World, or better put, an artist who was not born among museums, not born into a well established tradition. This makes me see things, from the start, with new eyes.
Most European artists are tired, starting on the day they are born, with the world of art.
To them, everything has already been done. I see without prejudgments, with clean eyes. Basically, I have to invent everything from the start. I have to invent painting because I had no tradition in it. That is bad, on one hand, but at the same time, it is very good.