There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.
In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that cannot be explained.
Art is made to trouble but science reassures.
Art is a wound turned into light.
The painter thinks in terms of form and color. The goal is not to be concerned with the reconstitution of an anecdotal fact, but with constitution of a pictorial fact.
Nature is a mere pretext for a decorative composition, plus sentiment. It suggests emotion, and I translate that emotion into art.