Painters must speak through paint, not through words.
The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color. Our entire being is nourished by it. This mystic quality of color should likewise find expression in a work of art.
Art is the expression of the artist´s overflowing soul.
To me, art is the glorification of the human spirit.
A thought functions only as a fragmentary part in the formulation of an idea.
The child is really an artist, and the artist should be like a child, but he should not stay a child. He must become an artist. That means he cannot permit himself to become sentimental or something like that. He must know what he is doing