"All the artists who began by being hungry and cold have made good painting. Everybody, Picasso, Magritte, Rouault and myself, all began like that. The facts signify something."

"Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate nature. It was given to us so that we can express our own emotions."

"When you are painting, you must forget everything else, and just think of the picture."

"The essential thing is to organize construction."

"To paint is to express a feeling."