The subject should be observed more for shape and color than for drawing... precise drawing is dry and hampers the impression of the whole, it destroys all sensations.

I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!

I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!

I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.

All the sorrow, all the bitterness, all the sadness, I forget them and ignore them in the joy of working.

I think when one has talent one finally breaks through; so don't pass up any opportunity to do some work.

The subject should be observed more for shape and color than for drawing... precise drawing is dry and hampers the impression of the whole, it destroys all sensations.