A young painter who cannot liberate himself from the influence of past generations is digging his own grave.

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.

I am unable to distinguish between the feeling I have for life and my way of expressing it.

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

Simple colours can affect the intimate feelings with all the more force because they are simple.

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.

Creation begins with vision.