Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

When I paint green, it doesn't mean grass; when I paint blue, it doesn't mean sky.

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

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

Expression for me does not reside in passions glowing in a human face or manifested by violent movement. The entire arrangement of my picture is expressive; the place occupied by my figures, the empty space around them, the proportions, everything has its share.

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

Art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue.