"It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else."

"An artist must possess nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare him for the mastery of the great universal rhythm."

"The essential thing is to organize construction."

"I am as curious about color as one would be visiting a new country, because I have never concentrated so closely on color expression. Up to now I have waited at the gates of the temple."

"From the moment I hold a pen in my hand, I am conscious of the infinite possibilities that lie before me."