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.

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

Purer colors... have in themselves, independently of the objects they serve to express, a significant action on the feelings of those who look at them.

I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it.

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

One must, of course, have one's entire experience behind one and not have lost the freshness of instinct.

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