If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.

You cannot explain me with "isms." They are very bad for an artist. What one must believe in is color.

Art seems to me to be above all a state of soul. All souls are sacred, the soul of all the bipeds in every quarter of the globe.

The fingers must be educated, the thumb is born knowing.

Mozart never composed anything, ever! He copied what was written on his soul.

If a symbol should be discovered in a painting of mine, it was not my intention. It is a result I did not seek. It is something that may be found afterwards, and which can be interpreted according to taste.