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.

God sends us pieces of art so that we may see ourselves in them

I use color in a completely arbitrary way in order to express myself powerfully.

Here everything is so wholly what I consider beautiful. In other words, there is peace here.

If one keeps loving faithfully what is really worth loving, and does not waste one's love on insignificant and unworthy and meaningless things, one will get more light by and by and grow stronger.

I assure you that there's a lot involved in compositions with figures. ... It's like weaving... you must control and keep an eye on several things at once.

Often whole days pass without my speaking to anyone, except to ask for diner or coffee. And it has been like that form the beginning.