It is people's movement that consoles us. If the leaves of a tree did not move, how sad would be the tree and so should we.

Drawing is not what one sees but what one can make others see.

Drawing is the artist's most direct and spontaneous expression. A species of writing: it reveals, better than does painting, his true personality.

Daylight is too easy. What I want is difficult – the atmosphere of lamps and moonlight.

If painting weren’t so difficult, it wouldn’t be fun.

The frame is the pimp of painting; it enhances it, but it must never shine at the painting’s expense.

I’m glad I haven’t found my style yet. I’d be bored to death.

Nothing in art should seem accidental, not even movement.

I would rather do nothing than do a rough sketch without having looked at anything. My memories will do better.

Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn’t painting be too?