Arrival = Prison, and the artist must never be a prisoner.

If drawing belongs to the world of spirit and color to that of the senses, you must draw first to cultivate the spirit.

Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.

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

Photographs will always be impressive because they show us nature, and all artists will find in them a world of sensations. The photographer must therefore intervene as little as possible, so as not to cause photography to lose the objective charm which it naturally possesses, notwithstanding its defects.

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 artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage.