It is the object which aroused the artist, stimulated his ideas and set of his emotions. These ideas and emotions will be imprisoned in his work for good.

Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs.

My whole life has been nothing more than a continuous struggle against Reaction and the death of art.

No, painting is not interior decoration. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy.

A painting is not thought out in advance. While it is being done, it changes as one’s thoughts change. And when it’s finished, it goes on changing, according to the state of mind of whoever is looking at it

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

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