I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture.
The truly original artist invents his own signs.
Don't try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out.
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.
What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape, but the human figure.
There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.