Art is foremost a state of mind, and only secondarily a problem of form.

Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love.

Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.

Color is everything. When color is right, form is right.

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made for a marriage of love. I will give all my soul to prove this once more.

My hands were too soft.. I had to find some special occupation, some kind of work that would not force me to turn away from the sky and the stars, that would allow me to discover the meaning of life.

I am a little Jew of Vitebsk. All that I paint, all that I do, all that I am, is just the little Jew of Vitebsk.