It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

What I am after, above all, is expression.

Whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his own tongue

Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.

Color, even more than drawing, is a means of liberation.

I am curious about color as one would be visiting a new country, because I have never concentrated so closely on color expression. Up to now I have waited at the gates of the temple.

I am unable to distinguish between the feeling I have for life and my way of expressing it.