An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.

Purer colors... have in themselves, independently of the objects they serve to express, a significant action on the feelings of those who look at them.

Expression for me does not reside in passions glowing in a human face or manifested by violent movement. The entire arrangement of my picture is expressive; the place occupied by my figures, the empty space around them, the proportions, everything has its share.

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

It is not enough to place colors, however beautiful, one beside the other; colors must also react on one another. Otherwise, you have cacophony.

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

The truly original artist invents his own signs.