Each time I undertake to paint a picture I have a sensation of leaping into space. I never know whether I shall fall on my feet. It is only later that I begin to estimate more exactly the the effect of my work.

Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird? ...people who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree.

Music and art are the guiding lights of the world.

Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.

In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt.

Cubism is not a reality you can take in your hand. It's more like a perfume, in front of you, behind you, to the sides, the scent is everywhere but you don’t quite know where it comes from.

Everything exists in limited quantity - especially happiness.