Matisse makes a drawing, then he makes a copy of it. He copies it five times, ten times, always clarifying the line. He’s convinced that the last, the most stripped down, is the best, the purest, the definitive one; and in fact, most of the time, it was the first. In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt.

Action is the fundamental key to success.

Painting is a jeu d'esprit.

For a long time I limited myself to one colour - as a form of discipline.

Because I cannot work except in solitude, it is necessary that I live my work and that is impossible except in solitude.

If I spit, they will take my spit and frame it as great art.

If there is something to steal, I steal it.