A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you.

Nothing can be accomplished without love.

I do not repudiate any of my paintings but there isn't one of them that I would not redo differently, if I had it to redo. My destination is always the same but I work out a different route to get there.

Simple colours can affect the intimate feelings with all the more force because they are simple.

With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.

The arts have a development which comes not only from the individual but also from a whole acquired force, the civilization which precedes us. One cannot do just anything. A talented artist cannot do whatever he pleases. If he only used his gifts, he would not exist. We are not the masters of what we produce. It is imposed on us.

Work cures everything.