"I try to paint with the same feeling that a child has when he colors a picture."

"I remember our meeting at the Prado Museum and seeing you copying a large [El] Gréco placed on the right hand side of the room."

"The advantages of living are not as great as the disadvantages of dying."

"There are always flowers for those who want to see them."

"The artist must look at all things as if he were seeing them for the first time."