Drawing is of the Spirit and color of the Senses.

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope.

Simple colours can affect the intimate feelings with all the more force because they are simple.

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.

There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

I have always sought to be understood and, while I was taken to task by critics or colleagues, I thought they were right, assuming I had not been clear enough to be understood. This assumption allowed me to work my whole life without hatred and even without bitterness toward criticism, regardless of its source. I counted solely on the clarity of expression of my work to gain my ends. Hatred, rancor, and the spirit of vengeance are useless baggage to the artist. His road is difficult enough for him to cleanse his soul of everything which could make it more so.