He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices he is free and nothing holds him back

In love, the one who runs away is the winner

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

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

Aren't you [Tahiti Lagoons] one of the seven wonders of the Paradise of painters

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between thing

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking of a tightrope

Jazz is rhythm and meaning

There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience