A rapid rendering of a landscape represents only one moment of its existence. I prefer, by insisting upon its essential character, to risk losing charm in order to gain greater stability.

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.

The chief function of color should be to serve expression as well as possible.

Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.

It is my dream to create an art which is filled with balance, purity and calmness, freed from a subject matter that is disconcerting or too attention-seeking. In my paintings, I wish to create a spiritual remedy, similar to a comfortable armchair which provides rest from physical expectation for the spiritually working, the businessman as well as the artist.

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

When you're out of will power you call on stubbornness, that's the trick.