What I dream of is an art of balance.
The chief function of color should be to serve expression as well as possible.
I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me.
A young painter who cannot liberate himself from the influence of past generations is digging his own grave.
I have been no more than a medium, as it were.
All my efforts go into creating an art that can be understood by everyone.