An artist must not feel under any constraint.

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.

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

Beauty comes from the balance between two and three dimensions, between abstraction and representation - I seek the equilibrium behind changing appearances.

The truly original artist invents his own signs.

A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful.