“If a canvas remains in progress for years in my studio, that doesn’t worry me. On the contrary, when I’m rich in canvases which have a point of departure vital enough to set off a series of rhythms, a new life, new living things, I’m happy…
“I work like a gardener… Things come slowly… Things follow their natural course. They grow, they ripen. I must graft. I must water … Ripening goes on in my mind. So I’m always working at a great many things at the same time.”
— Joan Miró, I Work Like a Gardener