When a painting is finished, it's like a new born child, and the artist himself must have time for understanding. How then do you expect an amateur to understand that which the artist dos not yet comprehend.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

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

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

When a painting is finished, it's like a new born child, and the artist himself must have time for understanding. How then do you expect an amateur to understand that which the artist dos not yet comprehend.

My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory, it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of my sensibility.

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.