“A picture is not thought out and settled beforehand. While it is being done it changes as one’s thoughts change.”

Painting is stronger than me, it makes me do it’s bidding.

Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.

Paradise is to love many things with a passion.

Unless your work gives you trouble, it is no good.

If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse, but surely you will see the wildness!

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

Love must be proved by deeds and not by reasons.

Art is a leap into the dark.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

Painting it’s a blind man profession. Painter is painting not what he sees but what he feels.

Love is the greatest refreshment in life

Sex and art are the same thing.

Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.

The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters; creation is all.

Age only matters when one is aging.

When I paint a woman in an armchair, the armchair is there to show illness and death-or as a protection.

Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow. Nothing endures but change.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

People change. Memories don’t.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

You cannot change your future, but you can change your habits, and surely your habits will change your future.