One does not marry art. One ravishes it.

Drawing is the artist's most direct and spontaneous expression, a species of writing: it reveals, better than does painting, his true personality.

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.'

And even this heart of mine has something artificial. The dancers have sewn it into a bag of pink satin, pink satin slightly faded, like their dancing shoes.

Drawing is not what you see but what you must make others see.

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

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