The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.

There is no substitute for intuition.

I want to be as though new-born, knowing nothing, absolutely nothing about Europe.

I want to be as though newborn. To be almost primitive.

For the understanding of a picture a chair is needed. Why a chair? To prevent the legs, as they tire, from interfering with the mind

Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view.

Everything vanishes round me and good works rise from me of their own accord.