The artist does not draw what he sees, but what he has to make others see.
An artist must approach his work in the spirit of the criminal about to commit a crime.
Do portraits of people in familiar and typical attitudes, above all give to their face the same choice of expression that one gives to their body.
What a horrible thing yellow is.
The Dance instills in you something that sets you apart. Something heroic and remote.
No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.