...the More A Picture Has To Give,

The Sign For Which I Forge An Image Has No Value If It Doesn't Harmonize With Other Signs, Which I Must Determine In The Course Of My Invention And Which Are Completely Peculiar To It.

Seek The Strongest Color Effect Possible... The Content Is Of No Importance.

I Am Curious About Color As One Would Be Visiting A New Country, Because I Have Never Concentrated So Closely On Color Expression. Up To Now I Have Waited At The Gates Of The Temple.

Much Of The Beauty That Arises In Art Comes From The Struggle An Artist Wages With His Limited Medium.

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.