I paint what I see and not what others like to see.

One must be of one's time and paint what one sees.

It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.

Above all, keep your colors fresh!

The attacks of which I have been the object have broken the spring of life in me... People don't realize what it feels like to be constantly insulted.

Concision in art is a necessity and an elegance. The verbose painter bores: who will get rid of all these trimmings?

Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail.