"I consciously do not write about paintings. I am not one of those artists obligated to provide authorial commentary. Let the paintings speak for themselves. I only feel compelled to say that I believe that painting still has an enormous power of self-defense, and I believe in this power when paintings are created not through a preconceived vision of the world, but through honest, sensitive, and insightful observation and genuine fascination." Aleksander Roszkowski