Painting is just a tool; it is nothing in itself. What counts is how you do it.

- Michele Cassou

To play is to listen to the imperative inner force that wants to take form and be acted out without reason. It is the joyful, spontaneous expression …

- Michele Cassou

When a seed sprouts, it's a violent process. The skin breaks and splits in two. Something dies and something is born. Anytime you paint a strong or v…

- Michele Cassou

When you set aside the mantle of control in the painting process, images arise from ancient layers of the psyche.

- Michele Cassou

What I want people to realize is that there is enough inside them, that everything that they really need in order to feel a sense of aliveness and cr…

- Michele Cassou

To discover that you can paint without special talent is a great revelation. An endless stream runs through you, enough to paint for lifetimes. Talen…

- Michele Cassou

When we begin to lift the veils of censorship and repression in painting, a great deal of energy is unleashed.

- Michele Cassou

It is extraordinary to see how the discovery of one single free stroke of paint can fill you with such joy and amazement.

- Michele Cassou

There is this mysterious energy that wants us to keep growing.

- Michele Cassou