The artists must see all things as if he were seeing them for the first time. All his life he must see as he did when he was a child.

The truly original artist invents his own signs.

I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation

...for whether we want to or not, we belong to our time and we share in its opinions, its feelings, even its delusions.

It would be a mistake to ascribe this creative power to an inborn talent. In art, the genius creator is not just a gifted being, but a person who has succeeded in arranging for their appointed end, a complex of activities, of which the work is the outcome. The artist begins with a vision — a creative operation requiring an effort. Creativity takes courage.

A certain blue enters your soul. A certain red has an effect on your blood-pressure.

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