Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

The people no longer seek consolation in art. But the refined people, the rich, the idlers seek the new, the extraordinary, the extravagant, the scandalous.

Something sacred, that's it. We ought to be able to say that such and such a painting is as it is, with its capacity for power, because it is "touched by God."

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

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

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.