There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.

It is the object which aroused the artist, stimulated his ideas and set of his emotions. These ideas and emotions will be imprisoned in his work for good.

The quality of a painter depends on the amount of past he carries with him.

If everybody is looking for it, then nobody is finding it. If we were cultured, we would not be conscious of lacking culture. We would regard it as something natural and would not make so much fuss about it. And if we knew the real value of this word we would be cultured enough not to give it so much importance.

A painter paints to unload himself of feelings and visions.

It's not what the artist does that counts; it's what he is.

They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better.