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.

I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.

I have to keep working, not to arrive at finish, which arouses the admiration of fools... I must seek completion only for the pleasure of being truer and more knowing.

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.

The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine.

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

Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors.