Starting To Paint, I Felt Gloriously Free,

An Artist Who Wants To Transpose A Composition Onto A Larger Canvas Must Conceive It Over Again In Order To Preserve Its Expression; He Must Alter Its Character And Not Just Fill In The Squares Into Which He Has Divided His Canvas.

I Dream Of An Art Of Balance, Of Quietness, Something Analogous To A Good Armchair.

Above All, An Artist Must Never Be Too Easily Satisfied With What He Has Done.

I Wouldn't Mind Turning Into A Vermilion Goldfish.

There Is Nothing More Difficult For A Truly Creative Painter Than To Paint A Rose, Because Before He Can Do So He Has First To Forget All The Roses That Were Ever Painted.