I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it.

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I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

Truly, I'm not joking when I thank my lucky stars for the awful operation I...

Truly, I'm not joking when I thank my lucky stars for the awful operation I...

Work cures everything.

Work cures everything.

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within...

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within...

I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth...

I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth...

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving.

Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving.

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be...

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be...

Exactitude is not truth.

Exactitude is not truth.

I did my sculpture as a painter. I did not work as a sculptor.

I did my sculpture as a painter. I did not work as a sculptor.

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

Creativity takes courage.

Creativity takes courage.

My curves are not crazy.

My curves are not crazy.

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose,...

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose,...

When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back...

When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back...

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

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

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

What can this piece of paper do; imagine?

What can this piece of paper do; imagine?

It takes a long time to grow young.

It takes a long time to grow young.