I want color and form to have contradictorily functions.

If you don't do it my way, I suggest you commit suicide.

I was for years in the yellow period, you know.

It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you see. To be a painter was terrible.

When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others.

Learn to see and to feel life; that is, cultivate imagination, because there are still marvels in the world, because life is a mystery and always will be. But be aware of it.

Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting.