I was aware that on my skill as a painter would depend the physical and moral possession of the model.

The cyclone ends. The sun returns; the lofty coconut trees lift up their plumes again; man does likewise. The great anguish is over; joy has returned; the sea smiles like a child.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Color! What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams.

I have come to an unalterable decision - to go and live forever in Polynesia. Then I can end my days in peace and freedom, without thoughts of tomorrow and this eternal struggle against idiots.

Color which, like music, is a matter of vibrations, reaches what is most general and therefore most indefinable in nature: its inner power.

Art is either revolution or plagiarism

We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves.

Oh yes! he loved yellow, this good Vincent, this painter from Holland - those glimmers of sunlight rekindled his soul, that abhorred the fog, that needed the warmth.

Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!

Take care not to step on the foot of a learned idiot. His bite is incurable.

Many pray with their lips for that for which their hearts have no desire.

The idea behind digital computers may be explained by saying that these machines are intended to carry out any operations which could be done by a human computer.

Summoned or not, the god will come.

I used to fear living a life untouched by God, but now, for some reason I've gone back to being afraid of cement mixers.

You can't educate a child who isn't healthy, and you can't keep a child healthy who isn't educated.

Lucifer is the patron saint of the visual arts. Color, form - all these are the work of Lucifer.

Making your moves, paying your dues, chasing the cool.

It is a pity we can't escape from life when we are young.

I've never owned a pair of jeans, but I had a fantastic denim boiler-suit and it got a lot of wearing.

It’s better to make a decision, even the wrong one, than to be in limbo.