"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."

"My choice of colors is not based on any scientific theory; it is based on observation, on feeling, on the very nature of the experience."

"What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, something like a good armchair which provides…"

"The model should not be there to serve the artist, but the artist to serve the model."

"It is not enough to place colors, however beautiful, one beside the other; colors must be appropriately placed to enhance each other."