For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself.

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.

Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone.

If my story were ever to be written truthfully from start to finish, it would amaze everyone.

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.

A new painting is a unique event, a birth, which enriches the universe as it is grasped by the human mind, by bringing a new form into it.

Art is an escape from reality.