Citazioni

One of the most difficult things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

Still, there is a calm, pure harmony, and music inside of me.

Perhaps death is not the hardest thing in a painter's life. . . Looking at the stars always makes me dream, as simply as I dream over the black dots representing towns and villages on a map. Why, I ask myself, shouldn't the shining dots of the sky be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France? Just as we take the train to get to Tarascon or Rouen, we take death to reach a star.

What lives in art and is eternally living, is first of all the painter, and then the painting.

[allegedly, his last words] The sadness will last forever.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high, then life seems almost enchanted after all.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint', then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.