The fundamental grey which differentiates the masters, expresses them and is the soul of all colour.

While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.

True art lies in a reality that is felt.

I await joyous surprises while working, an awakening of the materials that I work with and that my spirit develops.

It is precisely from the regret left by the imperfect work that the next one can be born.

My drawings inspire, and are not to be defined. They place us, as does music, in the ambiguous realm of the undetermined.

My originality consists in putting the logic of the visible to the service of the invisible.

I have placed there a little door opening on to the mysterious. I have made stories.

Like music my drawings transport us to the ambiguous world of the indeterminate.

What distinguishes the artist from the dilettante? Only the pain the artist feels. The dilettante looks only for pleasure in art.

I am certain about what I will never do - but not about what my art will render.

Death is just the last scene of the last act.

We need to know who we are and then stand strong

Keep your ears open and listen to the whispers of the universe, because they will guide you for the best.

You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.

Despite the rigid classicism of the famous Paris Opera school and company, the French have done more than their share to unmoor la Danse from its traditions and standards.

Culture change means we will do things differently.

When you give to others to the degree that you sacrifice yourself, you make the other person a thief.

One of the surest ways to enrich life is to make experiences less fleeting.

There is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage: a marriage in which there is love, but on one side only.

The falcon cannot hear the falconer