Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our emotions.

My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory; it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of my sensibility. Inspired by certain pages of Delacroix, an artist like Signac is preoccupied with complementary colors, and the theoretical knowledge of them will lead him to use a certain tone in a certain place. But I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation.

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.

I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it.

When a painting is finished, it's like a new born child, and the artist himself must have time for understanding. How then do you expect an amateur to understand that which the artist dos not yet comprehend.

Art is an escape from reality.

The energy within you is stronger than ever for being held back, compressed, and said No to.