...for Whether We Want To Or Not,

It Is Through The Human Figure That I Best Succeed In Expressing The Nearly Religious Feeling That I Have Towards Life.

A Rapid Rendering Of A Landscape Represents Only One Moment Of Its Existence. I Prefer, By Insisting Upon Its Essential Character, To Risk Losing Charm In Order To Gain Greater Stability.

The Artists Must See All Things As If He Were Seeing Them For The First Time. All His Life He Must See As He Did When He Was A Child.

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

Cutting Straight Into Color Reminds Me Of The Direct Carving Of The Sculptor.