Seek the strongest color effect possible... the content is of no importance.

The truly original artist invents his own signs.

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

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 artists must see all things as if he were seeing them for the first time. All his life he must see as he did when he was a child.

A rapid rendering of a landscape represents only one moment of its existence. I prefer, by insisting upon its essential character, to risk losing charm in order to gain greater stability.

I never retouch a sketch: I take a canvas the same size, as I may change the composition somewhat. But I always strive to give the same feeling, while carrying it on further.