And after drawing comes composition. A well-composed painting is half done

The important thing is to remember what most impressed you and to put it on canvas as fast as possible.

I am just beginning to understand what it is to paint. A painter should have two lives, one in which to learn, and one in which to practice his art.

The expression on my face - who on earth would be interested in that? All that I have to say is to be found in my works. (On being photographed)

Imagination is merely the exploitation of our memory.

How many days have I spent alone with my cat... and when I say alone, I mean without a material being, for my cat is a mystical companion, a spirit.

One does not always sing out of happiness.