It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

I see less and less... I need to avoid lateral light, which darkens my colors. Nevertheless, I always paint at the times of day most propitious for me, as long as my paint tubes and brushes are not mixed up... I will paint almost blind, as Beethoven composed completely deaf.

The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.

The real subject of every painting is light.

Pictures aren't made out of doctrines. Since the appearance of impressionism, the official salons, which used to be brown, have become blue, green, and red...But peppermint or chocolate, they are still confections.

It is only too easy to catch people's attention by doing something worse than anyone else has dared to do it before.

Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.