Art is not nature... There was a lot more to be got out of color..

The expression on my face - who on earth would be interested in that? All that I have to say is to be found in my works. (On being photographed).

One does not always sing out of happiness..

The artist who paints the emotions creates an enclosed world... the picture... which, like a book, has the same interest no matter where it happens t….

It seemed to me that it was possible to translate light, forms, and character using nothing but color, without recourse to values..

The principal subject is the surface, which has its color, its laws over and above those of object..

A painting that is well composed is half finished..