I shouldn't precisely have chosen madness if there had been any choice, but once such a thing has taken hold of you, you can't very well get out of it.

A good painting should be the equivalent of a good deed.

As practice makes perfect, I cannot but make progress; each drawing one makes, each study one paints, is a step forward.

You have first to experience what you want to express.

No, no thought to the winnings. One loves because one loves.

Art is jealous, and demands our whole strength ... .

The painter of the future will be a colorist unlike anything yet.