While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.

What distinguishes the artist from the dilettante? Only the pain the artist feels. The dilettante looks only for pleasure in art.

The fundamental grey which differentiates the masters, expresses them and is the soul of all colour.

My originality consists in putting the logic of the visible to the service of the invisible.

I have placed there a little door opening on to the mysterious. I have made stories.

The value of art lies in its power to increase our moral force or establish its heightening influence.

While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.