Creation is dominated by three absolutely different factors: First, nature, which works upon us by its laws; second, the artist, who creates a spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world.

I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism.

To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.

Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.

You must break all the rules of painting, but you must also convince me you've had a reason to do so.

We are connected with our own age if we recognize ourselves in relation to outside events; and we have grasped its spirit when we influence the future.

A work of art is finished, from the point of view of the artist, when feeling and perception have resulted in a spiritual synthesis.