"I should like people to know that they cannot approach color as if coming into a barn door ('entrer au moulin'); that one must go through a severe preparation to be worthy of it."

"My equilibrium has been broken by a major piece of decorative work that has lasted three years."

"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."

"To copy the object is not to give it its true meaning."

"I have always felt that the true value of an artist is in his sincerity."