Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium.

If my story were ever to be written truthfully from start to finish, it would amaze everyone.

Drawing is . . . not an exercise of particular dexterity, but above all a means of expressing intimate feelings and moods.

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

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