I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me.

Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our emotions.

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

I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black.

My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory, it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of my sensibility.

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