A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.

To paint is not to copy the object slavishly, it is to grasp a harmony among many relationships.

Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.

You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

It is not about painting life, it is about making painting alive.

Right now a moment of time is passing by We must become that moment.

One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.

In love, the one who runs away is the winner.

A certain blue enters your soul. A certain red has an effect on your blood-pressure.

Exactitude is not truth.

I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation

What I am after, above all, is expression.

Seeing is in itself a creative act that requires effort.