Whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his own tongue

From the moment I held the box of colors in my hands, I knew this was my life. I threw myself into it like a beast that plunges towards the thing it loves.

I do not repudiate any of my paintings but there isn't one of them that I would not redo differently, if I had it to redo. My destination is always the same but I work out a different route to get there.

A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful.

I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation

Don't try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out.

To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.