After A Half-century Of Hard Work And

It Is With Color That You Render Light, Though You Must Also Feel This Light, Have It Within Yourself.

Slowly I Discovered The Secret Of My Art. It Consists Of A Meditation On Nature, On The Expression Of A Dream Which Is Always Inspired By Reality. With More Involvement And Regularity, I Learned To Push Each Study In A Certain Direction. Little By Little The Notion That Painting Is A Means Of Expression Asserted Itself, And That One Can Express The Same Thing In Several Ways. Exactitude Is Not Truth, Delacroix Liked To Say.

I Wouldn't Mind Turning Into A Vermilion Goldfish.

A Young Painter Who Cannot Liberate Himself From The Influence Of Past Generations Is Digging His Own Grave.

Whoever Wishes To Devote Himself To Painting Should Begin By Cutting Out His Own Tongue