I simply painted images of what was before my eyes; it is for others to find hidden meaning in them.

If I were to sign it now, I'd be committing forgery. I'd be putting my 1943 signature on a canvas painted in 1922.

Rhythm is a perception of time... when drawing, the tiredness of the hand is a rhythm.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

The best calculation is the absence of calculation. Once you have attained a certain level of recognition, others generally figure that when you do something, it's for an intelligent reason. So it's really foolish to plot out your movements too carefully in advance. You're better off acting capriciously.

There's nothing so similar to one poodle dog as another poodle dog, and that goes for women, too.

...the right to free expression is something one seizes, not something one is given.... if it does exist, it exists to be used against the established order.... There is absolute opposition between the artist and the state.