For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings.

My characters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have been simplified, they appear more human and alive than if they had been represented in all their details.

Throughout the time in which I am working on a canvas I can feel how I am beginning to love it, with that love which is born of slow comprehension.

For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings.

What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman.

To gain freedom is to gain simplicity.

For me, a painting must give off sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem.