People are always asking me to sign my old canvases. It's ridiculous!

I'd like to live like a poor man with a lot of money.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

Whether he wants it or not, man is the instrument of nature; she imposes on him character and appearance.

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.

Nothing can be done without solitude. I've created my own solitude which nobody suspects

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait.