The first half of life is learning to be an adult-the second half is learning to be a child.

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.

I like all paintings. I always look at the paintings, good or bad, in barbershops, furniture stores, provincial hotels. I'm like a drinker who needs wine. As long as it is wine, it doesn't matter which wine.

A plagiarist steals from one person. A true artist steals from everybody.

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.

The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters; creation is all.

A painter paints to unload himself of feelings and visions.