In art, progress lies not in an extension, but in a knowledge of limitations.

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.

To define a thing is to substitute the definition for the thing itself.

Emotion should not be rendered by an excited trembling; it can neither be added on nor be imitated. It is the seed, the work is the flower.

Writing is not describing, painting is not depicting. Verisimilitude is merely an illusion.

The function of Art is to disturb. Science reassures.

I do not believe in things. I believe in relationships.