Art first of all is optical. That's where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.
The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine.
Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears.
The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
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.