Etel Adnan

We were taught to think that Paris was the center of the universe. ”

I always had a few people who liked what I did, and that was enough. ”

My writing and my paintings do not have a direct connection in my mind. But I am sure they influence each other in the measure that everything we do is linked to whatever we are, which includes whatever we have done or are doing. ”

Do what your inner soul tells you to do, regardless of any money or success it will bring you. ”

Places are part of nature, of the bigger picture. We are interrelated. When we contemplate them in their own right, they can sometimes change our lives; they can become spiritual experiences. ”

I love Nicolas de Stael particularly, and my work can remind people of him. But looked at attentively, our works are not similar at all. ”