The painter of the future will be a colorist, such as has never yet existed. Manet was working towards it, but as you know the Impressionists have already got a stronger color than Manet. This painter of the future- I can't imagine him doing the rounds of the local dives, having false teeth and frequenting the Zouave brothel like me.

The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting.

'There are things which we feel to be good and true, though in the cold light of reason and calculation many things remain incomprehensible and dark. And thoug…

The more ugly, older, more cantankerous, more ill and poorer I become, the more I try to make amends by making my colours more vibrant, more balanced and beami…

I'm able to get by very well in life, and also with my work, without beloved God. But I, a suffering human being, can not survive without there being something…

Now since I have seen the ocean with my own eyes, I feel completely how important it is for me to stay in the south and to experience the color which must be c…

For a long time I limited myself to one colour - as a form of discipline.