I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings. BALTHUS Ordinary
I had only planned to strike the gong violently in order to somehow shake people up and make them more aware. I think I succeeded. BALTHUS Order
One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil. BALTHUS DrawingEyeSketching
Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don’t know what to say about what I paint, really. BALTHUS Language
Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible. BALTHUS ChaosOrder
The best way to begin is to say: ‘Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at the paintings’. BALTHUS LooksWay
I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings. BALTHUS
