Drawing is a kind of hypnotism: one looks in such a way at the model, that he comes and takes a seat on the paper.

I want to know one thing, what is color?

I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.

The essential in this time of moral poverty is to create enthusiasm.

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.

I don't work from nature, I work like nature.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.