Watercolour is not especially difficult, but I must warn you to steer clear of those pretty English watercolourists, so skilful and alas so weak, and so often too truthful.

Watercolour is not especially difficult, but I must warn you to steer clear of those pretty English watercolourists, so skilful and alas so weak, and so often too truthful.

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

Everything is beautiful, all that matters is to be able to interpret.

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

Cover the canvas at the first go, and then work on till you see nothing more to add ... Don't proceed according to rules and principles, but paint what you observe and feel. Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.

It is absurd to look for perfection.