I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself.

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.

My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory; it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of my sensibility. Inspired by certain pages of Delacroix, an artist like Signac is preoccupied with complementary colors, and the theoretical knowledge of them will lead him to use a certain tone in a certain place. But I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation.

An artist is an explorer.

Nothing can be accomplished without love.

In love, the one who runs away is the winner.