Do you know what will soon be the ultimate in truth?

Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?

I have tried to establish the right to dare everything.

Life is merely a fraction of a second. An infinitely small amount of time to fulfill our desires, our dreams, our passions.

In art one is concerned with the condition of the spirit for three quarters of the time; one must therefore care for oneself if he wishes to make something great and lasting.

Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed, at its aspect everyone may create romance at the will of his imagination, and at a glance have his soul invaded by the most profound memories, no efforts of memory, everything summed up in one moment. Complete art which sums up all the others and completes them.

By the combination of lines and colors, under the pretext of some motif taken from nature, I create symphonies and harmonies that represent nothing absolutely real in the ordinary sense of the word but are intended to give rise to thoughts as music does.