Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

Drawing is putting a line around an idea.

It would be a mistake to ascribe this creative power to an inborn talent. In art, the genius creator is not just a gifted being, but a person who has succeeded in arranging for their appointed end, a complex of activities, of which the work is the outcome. The artist begins with a vision — a creative operation requiring an effort. Creativity takes courage.

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.

I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into painting.

Drawing is . . . not an exercise of particular dexterity, but above all a means of expressing intimate feelings and moods.

I am curious about color as one would be visiting a new country, because I have never concentrated so closely on color expression. Up to now I have waited at the gates of the temple.