There certainly is an affinity between a person and his work, but it is not easy to define what this affinity is, and on that question many judge quite wrongly.

I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say "he feels deeply, he feels tenderly".

Everywhere we look, complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

It's better to have a gay life of it than to commit suicide.

The more you love, the more you suffer.

I wanted to make people think of a totally different way of living from that which we, educated people, live. I would absolutely not want anyone to find it beautiful or good without a thought.