You cannot go against nature. She is stronger than the strongest of men. We can permit ourselves some liberties, but in details only.

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.

I paint what I think, not what I see.

Neither is there figurative and non-figurative art. All things appear to us in the shape of forms. Even in metaphysics ideas are expressed by forms. Well then, think how absurd it would be to think of painting without the imagery of forms. A figure, an object, a circle, are forms; they affect us more or less intensely.

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.

That inspiration comes, does not depend on me. The only thing I can do is make sure it catches me working.