"I am against ease. If one leaves the possibilities of getting a pension from the government for painting, to all the people who want to paint, all the Sunday painters will seize a brush. That is impos…"

"My choice of colors is not based on any scientific theory; it is based on observation, on feeling, on the very nature of the experience."

"There are two ways of looking at anything: one is to see it as it is, the other is to see it as it should be."

"A large part of the beauty of a picture comes from the relationship the frame has to the picture."

"From the moment I hold a pen in my hand, I am conscious of the infinite possibilities that lie before me."