Expression for me does not reside in passions glowing in a human face or manifested by violent movement. The entire arrangement of my picture is expressive; the place occupied by my figures, the empty space around them, the proportions, everything has its share.

The importance of an artist is to be measured by the quantity of new signs which he has introduced to the language of art.

A young painter who cannot liberate himself from the influence of past generations is digging his own grave.

I do not repudiate any of my paintings but there isn't one of them that I would not redo differently, if I had it to redo. My destination is always the same but I work out a different route to get there.

Truth and reality in art do not arise until you no longer understand what you are doing and are capable of but nevertheless sense a power that grows in proportion to your resistance.

My pictures are made up of four or five colors that collide with one another.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.