Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

I am no friend of present-day Christianity, though its Founder was sublime.

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it.

I am working with the enthusiasm of a man from Marseilles eating bouillabaisse, which shouldn't come as a surprise to you because I am busy painting huge sunflowers.

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful.

But by fighting the difficulties in which one finds oneself, an inner strength develops from within our heart, which improves in life's fight.