You want to paint? First of all you must cut off your tongue because your decision takes away from you the right to express yourself with anything but your brush.

Do remember that one line does nothing; it is only in relation to another that it creates a volume.

The essential thing is to work in a state of mind that approaches prayer.

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.

When I put a green, it is not grass. When I put a blue, it is not the sky.

He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.

Seek the strongest color effect possible... the content is of no importance.