It would be a mistake to ascribe this creative power to an inborn talent. In art, the genius creator is not just a gifted being, but a person who has succeeded in arranging for their appointed end, a complex of activities, of which the work is the outcome. The artist begins with a vision — a creative operation requiring an effort. Creativity takes courage.

The use of expressive colors is felt to be one of the basic elements of the modern mentality, an historical necessity, beyond choice.

It is with color that you render light, though you must also feel this light, have it within yourself.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

The portrait is one of the most curious art forms. It demands special qualities in the artist, and an almost total kinship with the model.

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

When I put a green, it is not grass. When I put a blue, it is not the sky.