One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.

To paint is not to copy the object slavishly, it is to grasp a harmony among many relationships.

The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.

Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?

Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.

Design and color are not distinct and separate. As one paints, one draws. The more the colors harmonize, the more the design takes form. When color is at it's richest, form is at its fullest.

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.