The instant you know what the result will be, you are lost.

I try to make concrete that which is abstract.

Cubism is not a manner but an aesthetic, and even a state of mind; it is therefore inevitably connected with every manifestation of contemporary thought. It is possible to invent a technique or a manner independently, but one cannot invent the whole complexity of a state of mind.

I make a composition with a white and a black, and make adjustments when the white has become a paper and the black a shadow.

I always pet a dog with my left hand because if he bit me I'd still have my right hand to paint with.

The instant you know what the result will be, you are lost.

I prefer the emotion that corrects the rule.