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.

Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone.

All my efforts go into creating an art that can be understood by everyone.

I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation

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

If I close my eyes, I see things better than with my eyes open.

The use of expressive colors is felt to be one of the basic elements of the modern mentality, an historical necessity, beyond choice.