"Rules have no existence outside of individuals: otherwise a good professor would be as great a genius as Racine."

"Expression for me does not reside in passions glowing in a human face or manifested by violent movement. The entire a…"

"Underlying this succession of moments which constitutes the superficial existence of beings and things, and which is …"

"For me all is in the conception. I must therefore have a clear vision of the whole from the beginning."

"I simply try to put down colours which render my sensation."

"There is an impelling proportion of tones that may lead me to change the shape of a figure or to transform my composi…"

"What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or disturbing subject matter, an ar…"

"The simplest means are those which best enable an artist to express himself. His means of expression must derive almo…"

"Suppose I want to paint a woman's body: first of all I imbue it with grace and charm, but I know that I must give som…"

"The artist begins with a vision — a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage."