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.

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

An artist is an explorer. He has to begin by self-discovery and by observation of his own procedure. After that he must not feel under any constraint.

It would be a mistake to ascribe this creative power to an inborn talent. In art, the genius creator is not just a gifted being, but a person who has succeeded in arranging for their appointed end, a complex of activities, of which the work is the outcome. The artist begins with a vision — a creative operation requiring an effort. Creativity takes courage.

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

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.

The use of expressive colors is felt to be one of the basic elements of the modern mentality, an historical necessity, beyond choice.