Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

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

I don’t think I’m made for any earthly kind of pleasure.

The effect of sincerity is to give one's work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else.

The Thames was all gold. God it was beautiful, so fine that I began working a frenzy, following the sun and its reflections on the water.

Most people think I paint fast. I paint very slowly.

I must have flowers, always, and always.