The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.

Art first of all is optical. That's where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.

We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.

I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.

Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.

Drawing and color are by no means two different things. As you paint, you draw... When color is at its richest, form is at its fullest.