An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.

The Barnes Foundation is the only sane place to see art in America.

It is not enough to place colors, however beautiful, one beside the other; colors must also react on one another. Otherwise, you have cacophony.

When you're out of will power you call on stubbornness, that's the trick.

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

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.

A rapid rendering of a landscape represents only one moment of its existence. I prefer, by insisting upon its essential character, to risk losing charm in order to gain greater stability.