Painting is a jeu d'esprit.

If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.

Art is the best possible introduction to the culture of the world. I love it for the buried hopes, the garnered memories, the tender feelings it can summon at a touch. It washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

All human beings are born with the same creative potential. Most people squander theirs away on a million superfluous things. I expend mine on one thing and one thing only: my art.

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

Without great solitude no serious work is possible.

Through education comes understanding. Through understanding comes true appreciation. All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.