No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.

No, I'm not a great painter. Neither am I a great poet.

I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.

All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.

The real subject of every painting is light.

What could be said about me...a man to whom only his painting matters? And of course his garden and his flowers as well.

My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.