People call me the painter of dancers, but I really wish to capture movement itself.

One does not marry art. One ravishes it.

There is a kind of success that is indistinguishable from panic.

What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming.

I'm glad I haven't found my style yet. I'd be bored to death.

A painting is above all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy. If, at a later stage, he wants to add two or three touches from nature, of course it doesn't spoil anything.

Once they witnessed one of his painting sold at auction for $100,000. And asked how you do it, he said, 'I feel as a horse must feel when the beautiful cup is given to the jockey.'