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

A rapid rendering of a landscape represents only one moment of its existence. I prefer, by insisting upon its essential character, to risk losing charm in order to gain greater stability.

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.

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

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.

In love, the one who runs away is the winner.

A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful.