If it is practiced by a man of taste, the photograph will have the appearance of art (but) the photographer must...intervene as little as possible, so as not to lose the objective charm which it naturally possesses.

I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black.

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

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.

Don't try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out.

Jazz is rhythm and meaning.

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