I'm growing old, I delight in the past.

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.

The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage.

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.

Would not it be best to leave room to mystery?

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

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.