"Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century."

"Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence."

"I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have the light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me."

"You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover."

"All autobiography is self-indulgent."

"We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth."

"When artwork is involved, it's almost assumed that it's going to travel. It's too hot to stay here."

"A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light."

"For the mystic what is how. For the craftsman how is what. For the artist what and how are one."

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."