Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.
Let everything about you breathe the calm and peace of the soul.
Wherever I go I need a period of incubation so that I may learn the essence of nature, which never wishes to be understood or yield herself.
Do not copy nature too much. Art is an abstraction.
A young man who is unable to commit a folly is already an old man.
Poor artist! You gave away part of your soul when you painted the picture which you are now trying to dispose of.
A meter of green is greener than a centimeter.
I am a great artist and I know it. It’s because of what I am that I have endured so much suffering, so as to pursue my vocation, otherwise I would consider myself a rogue – which is what many people think I am, for that matter.
What still concerns me the most is: am I on the right track, am I making progress, am I making mistakes in art?
By the combination of lines and colors, under the pretext of some motif taken from nature, I create symphonies and harmonies that represent nothing absolutely real in the ordinary sense of the word but are intended to give rise to thoughts as music does.
I’d like to write the way I do my paintings, that is, as fantasy takes me, as the moon dictates.
Sooner or later people will learn to recognize your worth.
There is no such thing as exaggerated art. I even believe that there is salvation only in extreme.
Without delay I began work, without hesitation and all of a fever.
Seek art and abstraction in nature by dreaming in the presence of it.
The cyclone ends. The sun returns; the lofty coconut trees lift up their plumes again; man does likewise. The great anguish is over; joy has returned; the sea smiles like a child.
It is better to paint from memory, for thus your work will be your own...
If I did what has already been done, I would be a plagiarist and would consider myself unworthy; so I do something different and people call me a scoundrel. I’d rather be a scoundrel than a plagiarist!
I have tried to establish the right to dare everything.
There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.