Drawing is putting a line around an idea.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

All art worthy of the name is religious.

An artist must not feel under any constraint.

The essential thing is to spring forth, to express the bolt of lightning one senses upon contact with a thing. The function of the artist is not to translate an observation but to express the shock of the object on his nature; the shock, with the original reaction.

Colours have their own distinctive beauty that you have to preserve, just as in music you try to preserve sounds. It is a question of organization, of finding the arrangement that will keep the beauty and freshness of the colour

A certain blue enters your soul. A certain red has an effect on your blood-pressure.