The living model, the naked body of a woman, is the privileged seat of feeling, but also of questioning... The model must mark you, awaken in you an emotion which you seek in turn to express.

Creative people are curious, flexible, and independent with a tremendous spirit and a love of play.

Seek for the boldest color possible, content is irrelevant.

If drawing belongs to the world of spirit and color to that of the senses, you must draw first to cultivate the spirit.

Cutting straight into color reminds me of the direct carving of the sculptor.

To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage.

The importance of an artist is to be measured by the quantity of new signs which he has introduced to the language of art.