Nature is a mere pretext for a decorative composition, plus sentiment. It suggests emotion, and I translate that emotion into art.

I like the rule that corrects emotion.

The things that Picasso and I said to one another during those years will never be said again, and even if they were, no one would understand them anymore. It was like being roped together on a mountain.

I do not believe in objects. I believe only in their relationships.

I am much more interested in achieving unison with nature than in copying it.

It is the unforeseeable that creates the event.

The painting is finished when the idea has disappeared.