Occupation: Painter Birth: October 25, 1881 Death: April 8, 1973
I want to create a cat like the real cats I see crossing the streets, not like those you see in houses. They have nothing in common. The cat of the s….
Have you noticed that bones are always modeled and not carved, that you always have the impression they come from a mold, that they were first modele….
In art, there is neither past nor future. The art that is not in the present will never be..
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist while still achieving milestones and outcomes as required by certain funders and pol….
Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situati….
God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things..
Why assume that to look is to see?.
We might adapt for the artist the joke about there being nothing more dangerous than instruments of war in the hands of generals. In the same way, th….
You can't escape your own period. Whether you take sides for or against, you're always in it..
You know, it's just like being a peddler. You want two breasts? Well, here you are -- two breasts. We must see to it that the man looking at the pict….
Through education comes understanding. Through understanding comes true appreciation. All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artis….
We can see the light but we are still inside the tunnel, ... We have not been able to get to all the communities..
Style is besides the point. Nobody would pay attention if one always said the same thing, in the same words and the same tone of voice..
I don't think I'm wrong when I say that the most beautiful objects of the "stone age" were made of skin, fabric, and especially wood. The "stone age"….
I hate that aesthetic game of the eye and the mind, played by these connoisseurs, these mandarins who "appreciate" beauty. What is beauty, anyway? Th….
Whatever is most abstract may perhaps be the summit of reality..
I hate it when people pilfer my things..
If it's good, it's mine. If it's bad, it's a fake..
If you don't know what color to take, take black..
I who have been involved with all styles of painting can assure you that the only things that fluctuate are the waves of fashion which carry the snob….
Enough of Art. It's Art that kills us. People no longer want to do painting: they make art..