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.

To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.

When I eat a tomato I look at it the way anyone else would. But when I paint a tomato, then I see it differently.

I am curious about color as one would be visiting a new country, because I have never concentrated so closely on color expression. Up to now I have waited at the gates of the temple.

Color, even more than drawing, is a means of liberation.

Would not it be best to leave room to mystery?