I am leaving in order to have peace and quiet. To be rid of the influence of civilization. I only want to do simple, very simple art and to be able to do that, I have to immerse myself in virgin nature, see no one but savages, live their life, with no other thought in my mind but to render, the way a child would, the concepts formed in my brain and to do this with the aid of nothing but the primitive means of art, the only means that are good and true.

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will.

How do you see those tree?... They are yellow. Well then put down yellow. And that shadow is rather blue. So render it with pure ultramarine. Those red leaves? Use vermillion.

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.

Poor artist! You gave away part of your soul when you painted the picture which you are now trying to dispose of.

A young man who is unable to commit a folly is already an old man.

Stay firmly in your path and dare; be wild two hours a day!