A distinction is made between painters who work directly from nature and those who work purely from imagination. Personally, I think neither of these methods must be preferred to the exclusion of the other. Both may be used in turn by the same indivi |
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. |
A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you. |
A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you. |
All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course of my life as a painter. I ask those who will have the patience to read these notes the indulgence usually granted to the writings of painters |
An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc. |
An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language. |
Aren't you [Tahiti Lagoons] one of the seven wonders of the Paradise of painters? |
Creativity takes courage. |
Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving. |
Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us. |
Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us. |
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. |
Drawing is putting a line (a)round an idea. |
Exactitude is not truth. |