Everything takes place in an infinitely greater field than what is framed by the size of the picture or by what is materially in the picture. This ma… - Antoni Tàpies

I never view aesthetic ideas as having an existence purely of their own but as a function they have in connection with political or moral values.

Towards the end of 1958, I greatly increased.. ..the works done with what is called poor material. I felt the need to persist and go deeper with the entire message of what is insignificant, worn or dramatised by time.. .In fact, it was the most conscious resumption of subjects that had often attracted me. In my research, I had discovered this material, one I find loaded with strange suggestions, which is cardboard. A grey, anonymous material that won't be easily manipulated, for which very reason the slightest mark of the hand torments it and destroys it. But the piece of cardboard, the box, the lid, the tray.. ..dirty clothes (socks, T-shirt, underpants...), old furniture, everyday objects; not used as a representation or theme in the picture but as real bodies, objects.

The tattoo can only exist as part of the skin, as a drawing always is an incision in the material and therefore cannot be parted from it.