“Usually, I am a compulsive person, and I need - sometimes urgently - t...” — Etel Adnan Quote

“Usually, I am a compulsive person, and I need - sometimes urgently - to paint... Painting is close to poetry, is a kind of poetry expressed visually. It has to be spontaneous, rapid - at least in my case.”

“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.”

“Once I put down a color, I never cover it up. If you are born a musician, why become a banker?”

“I had a Tourette's period. And obsessive compulsive disorder. Things would get in my brain that I couldn't get out of my brain.”

“I am a compulsive and concise shopper.”

“I think in Mrs. C, I certainly played myself. A very compulsive, sweet person.”