I just keep painting till I feel like pinching. Then I know it's right.
I had wrung impressionism dry and I finally came to the conclusion that I know neither how to paint nor how to draw.
Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.
There are some things in painting which cannot be explained, and that something is essential.
We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators.
My concern has always been to paint nudes as if they were some splendid fruit.