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

I was driven on by.. A force which I see today as something alien to my normal life... so I have been no more than a medium as it were.

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

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.

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

I'm growing old, I delight in the past.

The artists must see all things as if he were seeing them for the first time. All his life he must see as he did when he was a child.