To Be An Artist, One Must .

The Rôle Of The Artist Is That Of A Soldier Of The Revolution.

Art Is Like Ham-it Nourishes People.

Every Good Composition Is Above All A Work Of Abstraction. All Good Painters Know This. But The Painter Cannot Dispense With Subjects Altogether Without His Work Suffering Impoverishment.

I Do Not Believe In God, Yet I Believe In Picasso.

As An Artist I Have Always Tried To Be Faithful To My Vision Of Life, And I Have Frequently Been In Conflict With Those Who Wanted Me To Paint Not What I Saw But What They Wished Me To See.