It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to. . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures.

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all to prudent.

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I'm all right when I completely immerse…

It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.

You will say that everyone has seen landscapes and figures from childhood on. The question is: Has everybody also been reflexive as a child? Has everybody who …

Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairy-tale artist, you have to get your knowledge of life from somewhere. You have to know the material you're writ…

Une peinture, c'est d'abord un produit de l'imagination de l'artiste, ce ne doir jamais etre une copie. Si, ensuite, on peut y ajouter deux ou trois accents de…