 It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression. |
| What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue. |
| My curves are not crazy. |
| Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving. |
| Jazz is rhythm and meaning. |
| I'm growing old, I delight in the past. |
| Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better. |
| Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is. |
| I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer. |
| I have been no more than a medium, as it were. |
| Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. |
| He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back. |
| Creativity takes courage. |
