I always loved to paint. As a kid, I liked to dip my paintbrush in black ink. They gave colors to me to use, but I didn't like them very much.
Pierre SoulagesI never want to stop painting. I'm 94 now. What's my secret? I just keep thinking about the painting I'm going to do tomorrow.
Pierre SoulagesI realized that most people waste their lives earning a living, and I wanted to live. I love painting, so I keep painting. That's how I became an artist.
Pierre SoulagesPrehistoric art came to move me much more than Greek art. Greek art has beautiful women and handsome men, but I don't care.
Pierre SoulagesI am against limitations like perspective. Perspective is illusion, it's the opposite of presence, and art is presence.
Pierre SoulagesA window looks outside, but a painting should do the opposite - it should look inside of us. When I put them in the middle of the room, I attach the paintings at the top to the ceiling and on the bottom to the floor. I prefer this to just hanging them from the ceiling because it creates a place in a space, like a wall.
Pierre Soulages