A painting in an interior spreads joy around it by the colors, which calm us.
Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.
I cannot copy nature in a servile way; I am forced to interpret nature and submit it to the spirit of the picture. From the relationship I have found in all the tones there must result a living harmony of colors, a harmony analogous to that of a musical composition.
Art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue.
To arrive is to be in prison.
A certain blue enters your soul. A certain red has an effect on your blood-pressure.