Great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed.

Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.

I feel a certain calm. There is safety in the midst of danger. What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

I am painting with the same enthusiasm as a Marseillaise eats bouillabaisse ... I am painting big sunflowers.

Painters understand nature and love it, and teach us to see.

There is no such thing as an ugly woman.

The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too