I can only paint in India. Europe belongs to Picasso, Matisse, Braque India belongs only to me.

- Amrita Sher-Gil

As soon as I put my foot on Indian soil, my painting underwent a change not only in subject and spirit but in technique.

- Amrita Sher-Gil

Although I studied, I have never been taught paintingbecause I possess in my psychological makeup a peculiarity that resents any outside interference.

- Amrita Sher-Gil