Purer colors... have in themselves, independently of the objects they serve to express, a significant action on the feelings of those who look at them.

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.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.

I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture.

It is with color that you render light, though you must also feel this light, have it within yourself.

What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape, but the human figure.