I have been no more than a medium, as it were.
To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.
With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
Simple colours can affect the intimate feelings with all the more force because they are simple.
I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me.
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.