We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe.

Color helps to express light, not the physical phenomenon, but the only light that really exists, that in the artist's brain.

I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into painting.

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.

The portrait is one of the most curious art forms. It demands special qualities in the artist, and an almost total kinship with the model.

Cutting straight into color reminds me of the direct carving of the sculptor.

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.