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.

I never retouch a sketch: I take a canvas the same size, as I may change the composition somewhat. But I always strive to give the same feeling, while carrying it on further.

There's nothing clinically wrong with me, only an emotional imbalance - I pass too quickly from the wildest enthusiasm to the blackest despair.

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

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

Art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue.

To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage.