I Wouldn't Mind Turning Into A Vermilion

I Counted Solely On The Clarity Of Expression Of My Work To Gain My Ends.

Whoever Wishes To Devote Himself To Painting Should Begin By Cutting Out His Own Tongue

Slowly I Discovered The Secret Of My Art. It Consists Of A Meditation On Nature, On The Expression Of A Dream Which Is Always Inspired By Reality. With More Involvement And Regularity, I Learned To Push Each Study In A Certain Direction. Little By Little The Notion That Painting Is A Means Of Expression Asserted Itself, And That One Can Express The Same Thing In Several Ways. Exactitude Is Not Truth, Delacroix Liked To Say.

Expression Is Not A Matter Of Passion Mirrored On The Human Face Or Revealed By A Violent Gesture. When I Paint A Picture, Its Every Detail Is Expressive.

He Who Loves, Flies, Runs, And Rejoices; He Is Free And Nothing Holds Him Back.